Politics & Government
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Warns COVID-19 Restrictions Could Return
If the delta variant causes another surge of coronavirus cases, the city could find itself back where it started, she said.
CHICAGO (CBS) — “Part of why we’re here today is to emphasize to folks that we’re starting to see this uptick, and we want to get ahead of this before we see a second surge,” Lightfoot said at a City Hall press conference. “In the last couple of weeks, we have seen a steady rise in our daily case and test positivity rates; an increase that we believe is caused by the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19."
Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said COVID cases have been increasing all across the United States in recent weeks, including in Chicago, as the delta variant is becoming the dominant strain of the virus.
