Chicago adds Puerto Rico to virus quarantine order

Chicago has added Puerto Rico to its its COVID-19 travel quarantine order.

City officials are telling people who travel from 22 states and Puerto Rico they should quarantine for 14 days.

Last week, Chicago added Wisconsin to its list, along with Missouri, North Dakota and Nebraska.

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said states on the travel order are seeing new cases at a rate of greater than 15 per 100,000 per day or higher.

She said Chicago is seeing about 270 cases a day, which is an average of about 10 cases per 100,000 people.

States that are seeing above 10 cases per 100,000 but below 15, include Indiana, Minnesota and Kentucky. Those states could be added to the quarantine order next week if cases continue to increase.

Meanwhile, Iowa, Kansas and Utah have seen their rates of new cases dip below 15 per 100,000 and can be removed from the quarantine order next week if they continue to stay below that threshold.

For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms. But it can cause severe symptoms in and be fatal for others, especially older adults and people with existing health problems.