Chicago City Wire

According to researcher Emma Woodhouse, COVID-related hospitalizations were down from what they were in the spring.

From March 1 until May 31, COVID-19 hospitalizations in Chicago were 10,217 and deaths were 2,243. Between June 1 and Sept. 30, there were 2,326 hospitalizations and 735 deaths and from Oct. 1 until Dec. 23, there were 2,948 hospitalizations and 1,113 deaths. 

“Total ‘fall’ hospitalizations for COVID in Chicago have been roughly 1/3 of what they were during the spring panic, while fall COVID deaths in Chicago are half of spring's,” Woodhouse tweeted.

She noted that hospitals are at 70 percent capacity in the city, which, she says, is low.

Woodhouse also said there were more deaths by all causes and COVID in late fall than in spring.

“Illinois saw more all-cause & COVID-associated deaths in late fall than in the spring,” Woodhouse tweeted. “Yet, masks & other mitigations ‘work.’ I'm no longer interested in the Gov's excuses. I want to hear an explanation from the snoozing, stats-averse media.”

COVID-19 deaths were up in spring, spiking to 789 in one week the week of May 9, then dropped throughout July until they began to spike again in October. The week of Nov. 21 saw the most deaths related to COVID-19 at 912.

Total deaths jumped in spring to more than 3,000 the week of April 25, before dropping again and spiking the week of Nov. 21 to 3,138 in one week.

Woodhouse says she shares more information on COVID-19 than media agencies in the Chicago area.

“By far,” Alan Warms agreed in a Twitter post. “Other interesting data btw is insanely low positivity rates in Lincoln park, Lakeview with huge volume of tests - getting no news. And the city just stopped with their detailed reports. Also no news. Press has abdicated.”