While nowhere near the November peak, new COVID-19 cases in 5-to-11 year olds are up 787% from the state's low a month ago
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Update: As COVID-19 community transmission again grows in DeKalb County, local health officials on Thursday issued new guidance strongly recommending a return to universal indoor masking in the county, regardless of vaccination status. Mayors throughout DeKalb County spoke to the Daily Chronicle in response:
Visitors over the age of 2 are required to wear face coverings while inside state offices and facilities
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While nowhere near the November peak, new COVID-19 cases in 5-to-11 year olds are up 787% from the state's low a month ago
Visitors over the age of 2 are required to wear face coverings while inside state offices and facilities
For Wednesday, Illinois administered 47,592 COVID-19 vaccines, the most in a single day since June 26
This interactive map shows how vaccinated the state of Illinois is by ZIP code.
DuPage and McHenry counties joined Will County Wednesday with enough disease spread to trigger the universal indoor mask-wearing advice set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the day before.
Unvaccinated people, regardless of the variant, risk becoming very sick, Dr. Kalisha Hill said. For those hoping for protection through herd immunity, Hill said that’s unfair to the immunocompromised.
In its weekly report of breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths, the state's updated totals include: of the state's fully vaccinated population, 0.009% have been hospitalized due to COVID-19.
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike: “Until more people are vaccinated, we join CDC in recommending everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask indoors in areas of substantial and high transmissions, and in K-12 schools.”
“Insurers may be unwilling to cover liabilities created as a result of failure to adhere to public health guidance,” IDPH warns