The Northeast region, which includes Cook County and collar counties, reported a positivity rate at 18.3% Monday — just under the threshold of 20% and a drop of 4.9% in the last two weeks. The remaining regions in the state sat well-below the positivity rate threshold, with the North-Central region at 7.2%, the Central region at 4.2% and the Southern region at 6%.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.