Remote learning makes a comeback as schools enter another holiday break with COVID-19 surging

For older kids, the trends are similar, with troubling signs heading into the winter break. Suburban Cook County, for example, now has the highest daily rate of kids age 12 to 17 testing positive, topping 80 per 100,000, when the rate was just half that heading into Thanksgiving break. Most other parts of the region are seeing similarly stark rises.