A current lack of available hospital beds and insufficient decline in coronavirus hospitalizations both prevent a loosening of restrictions.
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After weeks of steep increases, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the city fell Thursday for the first time since Oct. 6.
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Every day this week, an average of 102 people were newly admitted to Chicago hospitals with COVID-like illnesses.
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The number of people newly hospitalized every day with COVID-19 symptoms in Chicago rose by over 43 percent in a week.
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New hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19 symptoms rose by more than 40 percent in just seven days.
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The number of Chicagoans newly hospitalized every day with COVID-19 symptoms rose by more than 28 percent this week.
The number of people newly admitted to the city's hospitals every day with symptoms of COVID-19 rose by more than 20 percent in a week.
New hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19 symptoms in the city also fell last week, according to public health officials.
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The average number of people in Chicago newly hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19 last week rose to its highest level since Sept. 6.
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In accordance with state and federal guidelines, the governor and all close contacts will self-isolate for 14 days, Pritzker's office said.
Data shows the number of patients with coronavirus in Illinois hospitals rose this week to its highest level in months.
The percentage of coronavirus tests in Chicago to come back positive for the virus this week fell to its lowest point since early August.
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Public health officials warned of a possible surge of new infections at gatherings over Labor Day weekend.
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All but one of the state's 11 regions reported rising COVID-19 positivity rates this week, according to state health officials.
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The average number people admitted to the hospital every day with symptoms of COVID-19 increased over the past week.
Chicago officials removed Wisconsin, Nebraska from travel restrictions requiring self-quarantine; put Iowa and Kansas back on the list.
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Meanwhile, the number of new hospitalizations in the city dipped slightly this week, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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The number of average new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the city stayed flat, despite an increase in nearly every suburban region.
The rolling average of new cases was up by over 11 percent as positive rates rose by 0.9 percent, data shows.
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Within a matter of days, researchers will begin giving trial vaccines to a thousand people in Chicago.