Lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are up in Chicago and across the country, but the slight uptick is 'not a major concern,' the city's public health commissioner said.
Amid a slight national uptick in COVID-19 cases, Chicago’s public health commissioner said the city is still at a low coronavirus risk level.
The Tuesday “Ask Arwady” public question-and-answer session was Arwady’s last as the city’s public health commissioner. She was fired Friday afternoon by Mayor Brandon Johnson.Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health Commissioner Allison Arwady day after health board asks him to keep her in her postThe slight local increase in cases and hospitalizations has continued since Arwady spoke earlier in the week. Average daily hospitalizations rose from 3.00 at the beginning of last week to 5.57 Friday.
“Early alert” testing doesn’t signal an impending surge, she said. The city is at a “low concern” level in wastewater testing, and variant assessments place the city at a “medium concern” level as two Omicron subvariants Arwady described as “nothing highly concerning” continue to spread. She urged older and immunocompromised people living near surges to take precautions. People might also consider carrying masks with them to use if sick or in high-risk situations, she added, comparing masks to umbrellas.
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