
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.