Chicago is seeing a rolling seven-day average of 135 new COVID cases per day, which is down 44% from last week and under the 200 cases per day metric that the city's health officials have long said would indicate that the pandemic's spread is more under control.
Hospitalizations are down 57% from the prior week as of Thursday and deaths are down to an average of four per day, city data shows. The percent positivity in coronavirus testing was at 2.0% Wednesday - which Lightfoot highlighted as the city's lowest rate since March 2020.
"We know the vaccine is safe and works," Lightfoot tweeted Wednesday. "Getting everyone vaccinated is key to our safe reopening strategy. This is a big deal. Let’s keep the great momentum folks. Get vaxxed."