By GREG BISHOP for the Illinois Radio Network
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday said it’s adopting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation to only focus on COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases per 100,000.
IDPH Acting Director Amaal Tokars said that means the data published on the department website is changing.
“This includes more data on vaccination rates and more detailed data on people who are hospitalized including their vaccination status,” Tokars said during a media briefing on the changes.
Tokars said while cases are increasing, Illinois is still considered in the low transmission category.
“We have not discussed mitigation at this time, so if we do discuss it, that’s a determination yet to be made,” Tokars said.
Governor JB Pritzker has recently said that if the COVID metrics warrant more mitigation, he will take the necessary action, though didn’t elaborate.
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