CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a stay-at-home advisory for the City of Chicago that will go into effect starting Monday, Nov. 16.
The mayor’s announcement Thursday comes in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the city. The mayor and health experts have said the next seven days are toward avoiding what the City Health Commissioner said could be a catastrophe.
“If changes are not made by Chicago residents, businesses, and visitors to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the city is on track to lose 1,000 more Chicagoans by the end of the year or even more,” Lightfoot said in a statement.