Public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said the latest move toward loosening restrictions is because of the past couple weeks of progress in COVID-19 metrics following a third surge that began in March. Both the seven-day rolling average of daily positive cases and the positivity rate have declined, to 527 and 4.7%, respectively, according to Wednesday’s data. The first figure still isn’t ideal, Arwady said, as she prefers caseload under 400. But the intensive care unit occupation also beginning to stabilize at a seven-day average of 145 beds per day as of Tuesday was “the ticket to reopening,” she said.
Chicago will reopen United Center, expand outdoor festivals, allow more people indoors as Mayor Lori Lightfoot eases COVID-19 restrictions
