Phase 4½? Pritzker set to release plan to relax COVID-19 mitigations, Ezike says 

Gov. JB Pritzker is set later this week to announce a plan would allow Illinois to further relax COVID-19 mitigations, according to his top health official. 

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike told members of the Senate Health Committee on Monday that the state was “getting close” to moving from the current Phase 4, which limits gatherings to 50 people or less, to Phase 5.