Governor JB Pritzker is warning that significantly stricter measures will be put back into place if COVID-19 numbers don’t improve.
With cases on the rise, the Governor says his office is looking at all the options for again slowing the spread of the virus.
“I will remind you that if we are not able to bring these numbers down, if the hospitals continue to fill, if the hospital beds and ICU’s get full like they are in Kentucky, that is right next door to Illinois, if that happens we are going to have to impose significantly greater mitigations.”
Governor Pritzker didn’t provide specifics but did say that could include something like the previous phases and statewide or regional restrictions.
For new, he encourages everyone to wear a mask in indoor public settings. All but one Illinois County, Carroll, is considered at high risk for transmission for the virus. More than half of the State’s 11 Designated Regions are at warning levels for the number of ICU beds.
