While the Secretary of State's office's buildings will be closed to the public, essential workers will still be coming in to make sure things are running smoothly for online services. As of Wednesday, the state's seven-day average case positivity rate is at 9.1%, the first time it's been above 9% in more than a year, but still below the 13.2% peak of the fall surge in November 2020, and well below the peak of more than 20% during the first wave in May 2020.Īs CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reported Tuesday, the Secretary of State's office said it is closing its facilities out of an abundance of caution for both the staff and the thousands of people they see each day at offices across the state. With COVID-19 testing also surging in December, however, the state's case positivity rate still remains below the peaks seen during the first two waves of the pandemic. Illinois is currently averaging 16,686 new cases per day over the past week, the highest average daily case rate during the pandemic. The announcement comes as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 21,098 new cases of COVID-19 statewide on Wednesday, the second highest daily total of the pandemic, and the second day in a row the state has reported more than 20,000 new cases. Secretary of State Jesse White's office announced Tuesday afternoon that all of its departments, including Driver Services facilities, will close for in-person transactions from Jan.
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