The latest daily total of new cases is 4,224.
On Wednesday, new cases hit over 5,000, the highest number since January 22nd. 51 additional people have died.
Governor JB Pritzker says there are 26 known outbreaks of Covid-19 in Illinois schools, on top of the many students who are in quarantine because of possible exposure.
“It’s important for us to monitor very closely as they are interacting with each other, and we are talking about teachers and superintendents, administrators and others that interact in school not to mention the parents and the students who we are trying to protect.”
In Chicago, the United Center has announced that anyone attending an event like a Bulls or Blackhawks game or a concert will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test. Governor JB Pritzker was asked if that’s a practice that should be implemented statewide.
“That’s not something that we are currently looking at doing but again we are watching these numbers closely and if we see them rising sharply and the angle of ascent increases we would have to look at other options to try and bring those numbers down.”
The governor says another thing to watch is new hospital admissions. He says that number has been fairly steady but that it needs to go down.
