Here's our plan to preserve the progress we've made: www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-ite…
➡️ More than 33,000 tests per day, a record weekly average
➡️ Triple the number of contact tracers
➡️ 3% average positivity rate, down from a peak above 23%
So today, I'm outlining the path ahead and making sure we all know what will cause us to impose further mitigations.
Staying under these metrics will allow us to continue ahead in Phase 4 without having to take significant mitigation steps.
In each category, we have three tiers of mitigations, allowing us to move carefully, but deliberately, to control the virus while keeping a region as open as possible.
216 studies collectively confirm that masks and distancing bring down transmission rates and the risk of infection.
So follow Dr. Ezike’s three W’s: wear your mask, watch your distance, and wash your hands.
That should give us all great pride in Illinois.