(CNN) – Chicago companies will now have to do so by 10 p. m. , following a new order to stem the newest wave of Covid-19.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a curfew for non-essential business on Thursday. The resolution is an effort to achieve “catastrophic” effects later, Lightfoot said at a press conference. He described as “worrying” a recent increase in hospitalizations.
“This is a critical moment for us and you’ll discover what we’re all experiencing over the next few months,” Lightfoot said. “There is no other option. There is no such thing. “
10 p. m. The curfew will come into force on Friday and last for two weeks, according to a press release from the mayor’s workplace. Bars without a retail license will not be able to serve domestic consumers at any time. And all institutions serving alcohol for on-site consumption must end the service at nine o’clock at night.
The city is also asking the citizens of Chicago to attend social gatherings of more than six other people and to end all social gatherings before 10 p. m.
Although these restrictions are expected to be in effect until early November, the component of the main measure to be reopened will come from reducing the positivity rate (the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are positive) below 5%. Chicago has had a positivity rate of 6. 4% lately, up from 4. 6 percent last week.
Some 460 patients were hospitalized Thursday with Covid-19 or an alleged Covid-19, dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health. That number was 314 at the beginning of this week and 249 patients hospitalized a month ago, Arwady said. Said.
In more than two weeks, 42 states have noticed that hospitalizations accumulate by more than 5%, according to the Covid Tracking Project. Ten states on Tuesday recorded the number of hospitalizations in Covid-19: Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, according to researchers.
“Everyone is exhausted and no one needs to hear more bad news, however, it’s pretty transparent that this autumn/winter wave is despite everything that’s coming,” said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College. of Medicine. CNN this week.
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