has become the latest city to enter a level of 'high' Covid alert according to guidelines, but officials in the Windy City are choosing not to re-instate a mask mandate, and instead just make a recommendation to use face coverings, amid rising case figures but limited deaths.The change, announced Thursday night, has affected Cook County - which includes Chicago - and others in the surrounding area, the state Department of Health announced this week. It comes just before Memorial Day weekend, one of the most important times of the year for the city's tourism industry with over a million expected to arrive during the holiday.While usually such a move would trigger the reimplementation of a mask mandate, officials will hold off this time as the mortality from the virus has largely fallen in recent months. The city is averaging 1,081 infections per day, but only around 0.1 deaths in the city of 2.7 million.
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