Chicago Public Health Update – Hot Spot Report

COVID-19 health update as of December 29, 2021:

• COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 test positivity and deaths continue to rise in the City of Chicago.
• We are averaging 3,825 new cases per day. Test positivity is at 16.2%
• The priority in Chicago is to get all our fellow citizen vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19

COVID-19 trends (7-day rolling average) as of December 22, 2021:

• COVID-19 test positivity in our city is 16.2%. This is an increase from the prior week’s 7-day average of 8.2%.
• There are 3,825 COVID-19 cases per day. This is an increase from the prior week’s 7-day average of 2.351 daily cases of COVID-19.
• Daily deaths related to COVID-19 is 10. This is an increase from the prior week’s 7-day average of 9.86 deaths per day.

For detailed data on COVID-19 cases and vaccination visit Chicago COVID Dashboard.

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