The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that its testing backlog, which had resulted in three days’ worth of only partial public data being reported, has been fixed.
It resulted in a single-day data dump of almost 150,000 tests reported, which includes testing data from the previous three days.
“Earlier this week, a slowdown in data processing within Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) systems affected the reporting of tests due to the large volume of testing occurring in Illinois,” a news release from IDPH stated. “All available resources were deployed to improve the data systems, which are now fixed, and the backlog created by the slowdown has been cleared.
“Two system upgrades were put in place and the systems now have significantly faster processing capacity. Although the slowdown did delay the reporting of some additional aggregate numbers, it did not affect the reporting of positive or negative results to individuals in any way.”
IDPH reported 5,368 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 149,273 tests and 29 additional deaths Friday.
The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate decreased to 4.1%.
Illinois now has seen 245,371 total cases of the virus and 8,143 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 4,309,941 tests since the start of the pandemic.
As of late Thursday, Illinois had 1,621 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 360 were in intensive care units, and 155 were on ventilators.
Regional update: According to a July 15 update to Gov. JB Pritzker’s COVID-19 response plan, the state will be tracking public health metrics in a slightly different way to monitor any potential resurgences of COVID-19. 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 four days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 6.1%. Currently, 38% of medical/surgical beds are available and 50% of ICU beds.
The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 6.1%. Currently, 31% of medical/surgical beds are available and 45% of ICU beds.
The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen three days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics.
The region’s positivity rate decreased to 8.7%. Additional mitigation measures from the IDPH have been placed on the region and it has less than a week to get down below 8%, or it will face additional mitigations. To return to the standard Phase 4 restrictions, the region will need to maintain an average positivity rate of less than or equal to 6.5% over a 14-day period. Currently, 29% of the region’s medical/surgical beds are available and 30% of ICU beds.
The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 6.3%. Currently, 41% of medical/surgical beds are available and 48% 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 three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 7.4%. Currently, 40% of medical/surgical beds are available and 40% of ICU beds.
Chicago has seen three days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 5.6%. Currently, 26% of medical/surgical beds are available and 38% of ICU beds.
Suburban Cook County has seen three days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 6.9%. Currently, 27% of medical/surgical beds are available and 34% of ICU beds.
To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.
Newly reported deaths include:
• Bond County: 1 male 70s
• Cook County: 1 male 40s, 2 males 50s, 2 females 70s, 1 male 80s
• Cumberland County: 1 female 90s
• Edgar County: 1 female 90s
• Henry County: 1 male 90s
• Kankakee County: 1 male 90s
• Lake County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s
• La Salle County: 1 female 80s
• Macoupin County: 1 male 70s
• Madison County: 2 male 70s
• McHenry County: 1 male 80s
• McLean County: 1 male 90s
• Moultrie County: 1 female 90s
• Perry County: 1 male 60s
• Richland County: 1 female 90s
• Rock Island County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 90s
• Stark County: 1 male 80s
• Tazewell County: 1 female 80s
• Will County: 1 female 70s
• Williamson County: 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s
Source: The Daily Chronicle
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