This means that unless test positivity rates suddenly increase in current data, capacity limits at retail stores and gyms will rise to 50 percent and in-house cinemas will be able to resume service. In addition, all schools will be able to resume face-to-face education, at least legally, regardless of the opinion of the teachers’ union on the subject.
Chicago and suburban Cook County did not move to Level 1 until Saturday. This, among other things, allowed the resumption of the limited service of an internal bar and restaurant.
The other news is on the IDVID COVID panel and concerns Regions 8 and 9, which include Lake and DuPage counties and are the only parts of the metropolitan area that have not been formally allowed to resume limited indoor bar and restaurant service.
The website indicates that both meet the main metric, with positivity test rates averaging less than 8 percent. But IDPH did not announce anything, and the authorities did not return calls and emails requesting comments on whether the green light is on in these regions.