Illinois reported 12 additional deaths and 1,426 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The state tested 38,200 people over the previous 24 hours. Illinois’ seven-day rolling positivity increased to 3.6%, up from 3.4% Friday. Illinois has now seen 169,883 total cases of the virus and 7,397 people have died. A total of 2,470,723 people have been tested.
As of late Friday night, Illinois had 1,438 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 341 were in the ICU and 110 were on ventilators. The number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators sunk to an all time low since IDPH made that data public.
Regional update: According to a July 15 update to the governor’s COVID-19 response plan, the state will be tracking public health metrics in a slightly different way to monitor any potential resurgences of the coronavirus. Additional restrictions can be placed on any of the state’s 11 health regions if the region sustains an increase in its average positivity rate for seven days out of a ten day period.
A region may also become more restrictive if there is a seven-day increase in hospital admissions for COVID-19-related illness or a reduction in hospital medical/surgical beds or ICU capacity below 20%. If a region reports three consecutive days with greater than an 8% average positivity rate, additional infection mitigation will be considered through a tiered system of restriction guidelines offered by the IDPH.
The North Suburban region (McHenry and Lake counties) has seen six days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up again to 4.3%. Currently 37% of medical/surgical beds are available and 54% of ICU beds.
The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 4.3%. Currently 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 46% of ICU beds.
The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen six days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.7%. Currently 29% of medical/surgical beds are available and 33% of ICU beds.
The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen four days of positivity increase and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 4.3%. Currently 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 52% of ICU beds.
The North-Central region (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren and Woodford counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 3.9%. Currently 37% of medical/surgical beds are available and 47% of ICU beds.
Chicago has seen three days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 4.0%. Currently 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 39% of ICU beds.
Suburban Cook County has seen seven days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.2%. Currently 27% of medical/surgical beds are available and 37% of ICU beds.
To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.
Newly reported deaths include:
– Boone County: 1 male 70s
– Cook County: 3 females 60s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s
– Cumberland County: 1 female 100+
– DuPage County: 1 female 80s
– Kane County: 1 female 30s
– Lake County: 1 female 70s
– St. Clair County: 1 female 70s
Source: The Daily Chronicle
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