THE STATE’S COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IS OFFICIALLY OVER TODAY. 

THE INITIAL DESIGNATION, WHICH HELPED THE STATE ACCESS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND MOBILIZE STATE RESOURCES, WAS ISSUED IN MARCH OF 2020. GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER SAYS WHILE MOST ASPECTS LIKE THE MASK REQUIREMENT ENDED SOME TIME AGO, THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION KEPT THINGS LIKE INCREASED SNAP BENEFITS AND EXPANDED MEDICAID COVERAGE IN PLACE.

STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DOCTOR SAMEER VOHRA (vor-a) SAYS THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO CIRCULATE AND POSES A SEVERE RISK TO THOSE MUST VULNERABLE.

SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, ILLINOIS HAS SEEN MORE THAN FOUR MILLION COVID CASES AND NEARLY 37-THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE DIED.