As of Thursday, new hospitalizations each day in Chicago from COVID-19 dropped by 30%, even as a more transmissible variant of COVID-19 spreads, according to city data.
COVID-19 posed a high risk in Chicago and Cook County between July 14 and Thursday, but neither state, county or city officials imposed new restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
During the past seven days, new hospitalizations each day in Chicago from COVID-19 dropped by 30%, even as a more transmissible variant of COVID-19 spreads, according to city data. Cook County now has 13.3 new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 residents during a seven-day period, according to data released by the CDC. Last week, Cook County had 12.5 new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 residents during a seven-day period, according to the CDC.
According to the CDC, 4.9% of staffed hospital beds in Cook County are in use by COVID-19 patients on average during the past seven days.