Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that the city’s bars and restaurants can boost capacity to 50 percent and stay open longer, the latest move to loosen COVID-19 restrictions in response to what she said was continued adherence to public health guidelines. “We are further easing COVID-19 regulations on Chicago businesses,” Lightfoot said at a press conference. “Effective immediately, indoor capacity at bars, restaurants, and other businesses can increase to the lesser of 50 percent, or 50 people, per space,” she said, adding that bars and restaurants will now be able to stay open until 1 a.m. Lightfoot also said alcohol sales can now continue until 11 p.m., up from the current cutoff of 9 p.m. Indoor fitness class size can increase to 20 people, she added. “This progress can be attributed to the sustained effort that we have been seeing across all of our reopening metrics because people are still adhering to …
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