Here's where each health region in northern Illinois stands as of Tuesday

Illinois reported 23 more deaths and 955 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The state tested 29,745 people over the previous 24 hours. Illinois’ seven-day rolling positivity rate is 3.1%. Illinois has now seen 163,703 total cases of the virus and 7,324 people have died. A total of 2,308,854 tests have been run.

As of late Monday night, Illinois had 1,466 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, an increase of 110 patients in the past two days. Of those, 320 were in the ICU and 142 were on ventilators.

Additionally, IDPH announced that the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice’s IYC St. Charles facility is reporting 16 new cases among staff and three new cases among youths.

This week, the Chester Mental Health Center in Randolph County reported 27 staff and five residents tested positive. Shapiro Developmental in Kankakee County reported one resident and six staff tested positive.

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 three days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 3.6%. Currently 45% of medical/surgical beds are available and 57% of ICU beds.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 3.8%. Currently 36% of medical/surgical beds are available and 51% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen three days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 3.7%. Currently 33% of medical/surgical beds are available and 38% of ICU beds.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen five days of positivity increase and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 3.6%. Currently 45% of medical/surgical beds are available and 53% 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 five days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 4.1%. Currently 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 50% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen two days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 3.9%. Currently 33% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen four days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate is 4.4%. Currently 31% of medical/surgical beds are available and 42% of ICU beds.

Newly reported deaths include:

– Cook County – 1 female 50s, 6 males 60s, 2 males 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s

– DuPage County – 1 female 80s, 1 male 90s

– Kane County – 1 male 40s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s

– Lake County – 1 male 60s

– McHenry County – 2 males 70s

– St. Clair County – 1 female 80s

– Winnebago County – 1 male 50s, 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s

Source: The Daily Chronicle