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Even with COVID cases increasing by 26% in the last seven days, Chicago health officials say that the city remains in a “low community level” risk of COVID transmission, with hospitalizations remaining largely steady despite the increase in cases.

Three out of every five people in the U.S. have COVID antibodies from a previous infection, according to a new study from the CDC. This comes as cases continue creeping up across the country and in Illinois and Chicago. Lauren Petty reports.

Chicago is watching four metrics to determine when its mask mandate will be lifted.

Unlike Illinois, Chicago officials are declining to set a date for when a mask mandate may be lifted, but that could soon change.

Chicago may or may not join Illinois in lifting its mask mandate at the end of the month, the city’s top doctor said Tuesday, declining to offer a specific date but instead saying she is relying on a set of metrics to determine when restrictions can be lifted.

Amid the confusion, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady details what metrics the city is watching for to lift mask Mandate, adding that she’s ‘confident’ that the city will reach the goals with the current trajectory.

While the state of Illinois says it plans to drop its mask mandate if COVID metrics continue to improve, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city is “not there yet,” and is closely monitoring statistics to determine when to remove its mitigations. On Tuesday, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady discussed which metric is required to lifting the...

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady is set to give a coronavirus update Tuesday afternoon, discussing the city’s travel order and the latest on mitigations.

While the state of Illinois says it plans to drop its mask mandate if COVID metrics continue to improve, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city is “not there yet.” Here’s where the city stands in terms of four key metrics.

Chicago’s top doctor said Thursday that the average number of new COVID-19 cases in the city is rising, giving some insight into what officials believe is driving the spread as she noted that current increases are different from previous surges in some aspects .

The average number of new COVID-19 cases diagnosed each day in Chicago was up 45% this week from the previous week, data shows, as the city’s top doctor warned Thursday that the metrics were “heading the wrong way.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday pointed to young adults in four specific neighborhoods as driving the city’s “troubling” increase in coronavirus cases. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday pointed to young adults in four specific neighborhoods as driving the city’s “troubling” increase in coronavirus cases.

Gatherings involving young people, possibly in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, could be behind the rising coronavirus metrics being reported in Chicago this week, the city’s top doctor said Thursday.

Chicago’s coronavirus metrics have shown “worrying increases” in recent weeks, officials said Thursday, noting that “most alarmingly,” the daily number of new COVID cases in the city has risen into the “high risk” category due to five straight days of increases.

Chicago has announced changes to its reopening plan as the city faces “worrying increases” in COVID health metrics and aims to prevent “a third surge of the virus in Chicago.”

As coronavirus metrics continue to climb across Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that the city cannot continue to reopen if numbers further increase.

Chicago’s latest ordinance announced Wednesday says employers cannot take adverse action against an employee for taking time off to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, providing similar worker protection to last May’s coronavirus legislation.

Thinking of traveling for spring break? Chicago’s top doctor urged residents to think twice.

What’s behind the latest rise in coronavirus cases in Chicago?