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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Politics
Taylor Avery

Summer in the city? COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations — and masking — looking more like July than February

Gov. J.B. Pritzker discusses the lifting of the mask mandate during a visit to at Navy Pier on Monday. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

SPRINGFIELD — As Illinois’ indoor mask mandate ended in most public settings on Monday, hospitalizations for COVID-19 and daily caseloads were at their lowest levels since July, the last time face coverings were no longer required across the state.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,159 new cases Monday and 816 the day before — the lowest daily count since July 20.

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