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Illinois surpasses 40,000 tests for 2nd consecutive day

Illinois reported 22 deaths and 1,384 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The state surpassed 40,000 tests for the second consecutive day.

The state tested 43,692 people over the previous 24 hours. Illinois’ seven-day rolling positivity rate is 3.0%. Illinois has now seen 159,334 total cases of the virus and 7,272 people have died. A total of 2,166,299 people have been tested.

As of late Thursday night, Illinois had 1,431 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 309 were in the ICU and 128 were on ventilators.

Regional update: According to the most recent guidelines released by the governor’s office, a region can become more restrictive if it sustains an increase in its seven-day rolling average (seven out of 10 days) in the positivity rate and either a seven-day increase in hospital admissions for COVID-19 like illness or a reduction in hospital medical/surgical beds or ICU capacity below 20%. Restrictive measures could also take place if a region has three consecutive days with greater than an 8% positivity rate.

The North Suburban region (McHenry and Lake counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. Currently 38% 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 two days of hospital admission increases. Currently 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 47% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen three days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. Currently 27% of medical/surgical beds are available and 28% of ICU beds.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen seven days of positivity increase – meeting one criteria for more restrictive measures – but only two days of hospital admission increases. Currently 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 57% 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 four days of hospital admission increases. Currently 39% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen three days of positivity increases and zero days of hospital admission increases. Currently 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 40% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen four days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. Currently 26% of medical/surgical beds are available and 38% of ICU beds.

For regions throughout the rest of the state, see the IDPH dashboard here.

Newly reported deaths include:

• Cook County – 1 female 30s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 50s, 3 males 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 3 males 80s, 2 females 90s, 1 male 90s

• DeKalb County – 1 female 80s

• DuPage County – 1 male 60s, 1 female 80s

• LaSalle County – 1 male 60s

• McHenry County – 1 female 50s, 1 female 100+

• St. Clair County – 1 female 50s

• Woodford County – 1 male 60s

Source: The Daily Chronicle

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