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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Politics
Taylor Avery

‘Stealth’ subvariant could stall Omicron surge’s freefall in Illinois

Illinois Omicron
Nicole Fratto, a courtroom deputy supervisor, assists Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Fluhr as he prepares to submit a saliva sample to test for COVID-19 at a free community testing site in the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 12. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ once soaring Omicron surge took another nose dive with sharp drops in new cases and the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals — but a new subvariant could stall the speed of that descent.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported another 6,664 COVID-19 cases on Monday — less than half the number of new infections recorded just three days earlier and the lowest daily caseload in seven weeks.

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