Pritzker: Still no intention to implement COVID-19 restrictions
Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday the state will continue to ramp down its executive orders and disaster declaration related to the pandemic, which has been in place for over two years.
He compared the situation during an unrelated Chicago event to a flood, saying that emergencies end “whenever they end” and that the state will continue providing support.
“We’re still in COVID-19, we still have a pandemic, there is still a federal disaster that’s been declared,” Pritzker said. “And so we’re going to keep providing the services that people need and ramping down, because we can see that there are fewer and fewer people who are needing hospitalizations when we get surges.”
He reiterated there are no intentions to reimplement mitigations to prevent further spread.
COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Illinois, according to recent data from the Department of Public Health. But hospitalizations are seeing a small increase from the prior week.
As of Sunday, 1,191 Illinoisans were in the hospital with COVID-19, down nine from Saturday and up 32 from the prior week.
Of the patients in the hospital, 116 were in intensive care units, up one from Saturday and up four from the prior week. Twenty-two percent of Illinois’ ICU beds were available, the same as the prior week.
There were 36 patients on ventilators, up two from Saturday and down five from the prior week.
Nineteen Illinois counties are now at “high” COVID-19 transmission risk, the level at which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people mask indoors in public spaces. An additional 31 counties are now rated at the “medium” risk level.
IDPH reported 4,131 new COVID-19 cases and no death on Monday. The new cases bring the state total to 3,332,780, while the death toll remains at 33,865.
The seven-day average for new cases on Monday was 4,638, down 554 from the prior week. The seven-day average for daily deaths is seven, up two from the prior week.
The seven-day case rate per 100,000 people is 36.4, down 4.4 from the prior week.
Illinois vaccinators have administered 22,432,221 COVID-19 vaccines, including 4,544,488 booster doses. The seven-day average for doses administered is 11,396.
