Chicago’s top doctor has urged residents not to invite anyone into their homes or into apartments as multiple coronavirus “warning signs” are felt in the city and officials enter what they call an “second surge” in the epidemic.
“Please don’t invite anyone into your home or house apartment,” said Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwadi said on Monday. “This is not a time for unnecessary gatherings, periods.”
Arvadi’s remarks came as city officials held a press conference in Chicago to “sound the alarm” about the rising metrics.
At present, more than 900 new coronavirus cases are reported daily in Chicago on an average, “the daily rate after the end of the first tidal wave in late May,” officials said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned Monday that Chicago is in the “second boom” of the coronavirus epidemic as cases increase at a “relative” level in the city.
As of Monday, 808 new cases were rolling in Chicago every day, according to the city’s Coronavirus Data Dashboard. When the ban was eased, the city saw a significant increase in the number of new cases per day, which was three weeks earlier.
There has also been a 25% increase in non-ICU covid-19 hospital admissions since Sept. 22, according to city figures.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that since March, Dr. F. Faussi and Dr. Ar. This is the second increase Arwadi is warning. “And now we’re in it.”
Health officials said numbers in Chicago show that most coronavirus patients know the person who gave it. According to the data, two out of every three people diagnosed in Chicago knew the person who became the source of their infection. Most of those infections came from a household interaction, Arwadi added.
Arwadi said he was looking for opportunities to spread the virus.
Arvadi urged residents to wear masks even though they are inside the houses and not to invite people to houses where they have not lived before, unless they come for the necessary reasons.
“We are at the beginning of another boom here and now is the time to do the things that are in our arsenal,” Arwadi said.
Meanwhile, Chicago will see the return of some restrictions in the coming days if the city’s coronavirus metrics continue to rise.
“To further combat the spread of COVID-19, the city is considering additional measures, including a ban on businesses back in the coming days,” a statement read Monday by the mayor’s office said.
Lightfoot warned that if the numbers continue to rise, the city will see a return to three bans in phases.
“We will not hesitate to take steps to save our city and our residents,” he said.
While this increase is not surprising, she said, it largely leads to the fact that “COVID grows in closed space.”
“We’ve been talking about these kinds of dangers from the beginning right now.”
Lightfoot and Arwadi announced last month that the city would ease some of the restrictions placed to slow the spread of coronavirus, and other major changes would increase capacity limits on businesses, including restaurants.
Oct. Changes implemented on the 1st include an additional indoor capacity of 25% to 40% in restrooms, health and fitness centers, personal services, non-essential retail and all other organizations.
Bars, breweries, taverns and other businesses that drink alcohol without a food license can also open indoor seats – closed from the end of July – with a capacity of up to 500 people, officials said.
The city was in the fourth phase of its reopening plan from June 26 when some of the previous restrictions placed to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus were gradually lifted.
Then on July 24, city officials changed the route to shutting down the indoor bar service, lowering capacity limits in fitness classes and increasing other restrictions, as the city saw an increase in the average number of new cases on a daily basis.
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