Illinois has hit one benchmark for a soft reopening of the states’ economy but not all of them. Governor JB Pritzker says even though more than 70% of those over 65 do have at least their first COVID-19 shot not all the metrics are heading the right way to get the state to the “Bridge” phase.
“We have hospitalizations rising, ICU beds are getting filled with patients. You know, we have seen this before. I think other places in the nation have had three surges. We have had two. We are now seeing a rise in cases here, but these things come in waves.”
Pritzker says he hopes with more than 100,000 vaccinations done each day that the latest increase in cases will slow quickly.
***Report Courtesy of farmweeknow.com***
