City health officials say the rise doesn’t present an urgent threat to the public, but shows the coronavirus is still spreading and merits attention.
Dr. Igor J. Koralnik, co-director of Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive COVID-19 Center, and Dr. Natasha Choudhury discuss a patient with long-COVID symptoms at the Lavin Family Pavilion on Aug. 23, 2023.
The city is averaging 11.0 hospitalizations per day, up from 7.86 the week before and 1.4 in mid-July, city data released Thursday shows. Similarly, laboratory-confirmed cases have jumped to 119, up from 98 the week prior and 30 in mid-July. The indicators both remain at “low” risk levels, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The small increase has been underway since Chicago’s virus indicators hit pandemic lows in July, Pacilli told the Tribune Wednesday.
Pacilli emphasized that the increases have been occurring while the city is still at low risk levels as he encouraged people to get vaccinated and isolate when sick. She said she anticipates continued increases in COVID-19 cases, as well as jumps in seasonal viral illnesses like the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV,“I expect we will be seeing more, but I’m not terribly concerned or terribly worried. I don’t think people need to be incredibly worried right now,” Hayden said.For some, COVID-19′s effects can extend beyond short-term illness.
Koralnik estimates nearly 10 million Americans who don’t have an official COVID-19 diagnosis have experienced the neurological manifestations of long COVID.
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