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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Bare your arm, cover your face: Officials push COVID-19 boosters, masking as cases hit 3-month high

Public health officials say now’s the time to roll up a sleeve for a COVID-19 booster shot as cases rise across Illinois to the highest level seen in over three months. 

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8,411 new infections Friday, the most in a day since Feb. 4. Average daily cases have more than tripled over the past month and nearly quintupled since mid-March, the brutal result of the more infectious BA.2 Omicron subvariant spreading nationwide. 

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