On Monday, the state of Illinois will move forward with a plan to remove its indoor mask mandate, meaning that businesses will be able to decide whether or not to require customers to wear facial coverings.
Aug. 30, 2021 – Illinois brings back mask mandate as delta surge rages
From that day forward, increases began to slowly occur. On July 4, the state had seen its case numbers creep upward to 307, but then the pace of increase began to accelerate. The city of Chicago has announced that it will end its requirements for masks and proof-of-COVID-vaccination in many indoor settings, but there will still be places where facial coverings will be required.On May 18, 2021, the state of Illinois had 1,518 patients in hospitals that had tested positive for COVID. That number had dropped to 684 on June 11, a decrease of nearly 55% within a month’s time.
Following a similar pattern to that of cases, hospitalizations began to decrease in September as the delta variant slowed, but more patients began seeking care in October and hospitalizations began to skyrocket, topping out at 7,380 on Jan. 12.
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