Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday, Feb. 9, that COVID-19 infection and hospitalization numbers are falling rapidly enough that the indoor mask mandate will probably be lifted on Feb. 28, if the trend continues.
The mask mandate for K-12 schools, however, will remain in effect for a few weeks after that.
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, fueled the pandemic’s worst surge at the beginning of the year. As other places…
