More DuPage County schools requiring students to mask up Parents and students rallied in Aurora over the weekend to call for a mask mandate in schools. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Updated 8/3/2021 8:03 PM
A growing number of DuPage County school districts and colleges will require students and employees vaccinated or not to wear masks when classes start later this month.
Several elementary school districts are the latest to embrace indoor masking rules, falling in line with state and federal health guidelines.
The school year is fast approaching as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus takes hold across the state, and children under 12 are still not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Updated 8/2/2021 6:59 PM
DuPage County leads the six-county region for COVID-19 vaccinations but also owns a less desirable metric the third-highest number of new infections per capita, U.S. Centers for Disease Control records showed Monday.
The latest suburban data comes as public health officials scramble to get a handle on a new surge in COVID-19 cases attributable to the highly contagious delta variant that is mainly affecting unvaccinated people.
Will County has the most virus infections in the Chicago area with 89 new cases per 100,000 people between July 25 and Saturday, the CDC reported. The county ranks fifth out of six for vaccinations, with 72.3% of residents age 12 and older receiving at least one dose. Children ages 11 and younger are not eligible for shots yet.