Large portion of suburban Chicago is back to ‘medium’ COVID-19 risk as cases inch up statewide; city expected to follow
Vincent Gagnepain, 33, wears a mask while waiting for the bus in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood on April 11, 2022.The risk of contracting COVID-19 in suburban Cook County and other parts of the Chicago area has jumped to the “medium” level under the latest national guidelines, officials announced Friday.
As a result of its updated COVID-19 designation, the Cook County Department of Public Health is recommending — but not requiring — indoor masking, testing before social gatherings, getting booster shots and, when possible, socializing outdoors and avoiding poorly ventilated spaces. In Chicago, Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Department of Public Health, said in a statement Friday that while the city “remains at a low COVID-19 level, with the gradual uptick in cases over the past few weeks, I expect we will cross over to ‘medium’ soon. When we do, I view it as a yellow light of caution. We are, thankfully, very far from reaching the ‘high’ COVID-19 level, but people should begin to exercise more caution.
Chicago is recording an average of 151 COVID-19 cases and 2.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents in the past week, while 2.5% of hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients.
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