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This is where Saturday’s health regions of northern Illinois stand.

 


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According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois reported 12 additional deaths of the new coronavirus and 1,426 newly confirmed cases on Saturday.

The state has tested 38,200 people in the last 24 hours. The seven-day rolling positive rate in Illinois increased from 3.4% on Friday to 3.6%. In Illinois, there are currently 169,883 cases of the virus and 7,397 deaths. A total of 2,470,723 people were tested.

As of midnight Friday, Illinois hospitals had 1,438 COVID-19 patients. Of these, 341 were in the ICU and 110 were using ventilators. Since IDPH published the data, the number of ventilated COV ID-19 patients has dropped to a record low.

Regional updates: According to a July 15 update to the governor’s COVID-19 response plan, the state will track public health indicators in slightly different ways to monitor for potential recurrence of the coronavirus. If a state maintains an increase in average positive rates for seven days out of ten, you can impose additional restrictions on any of the state’s 11 healthy areas.

Regions may be further restricted if hospital stays due to COVID-19-related illness increase for 7 days or if the hospital’s medical/surgical beds or ICU capacity falls below 20%. .. If the region reports an average positive rate of more than 8% for three consecutive days, additional mitigation measures will be considered through the phased system of restriction guidelines provided by IDPH.

In the northern suburbs (McHenry and Lake counties), positives increased by 6 days and hospitalization increased by 1 day. The positive rate in the region has risen to 4.3% again. Currently, 37% of medical/surgical beds and 54% of ICU beds are available.

In the western suburbs (DuPage and Kane counties), 5 days increased positivity and 1 day hospitalization increased. The positive rate in this region has risen to 4.3%. Currently 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 46% of ICU beds are available.

In the southern suburbs (Will and Kankakee counties), positives increased by 6 days and hospitalization increased by 1 day. The positive rate in this region has risen to 5.7%. Currently 29% of medical/surgical beds and 33% of ICU beds are available.

In the northern regions (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Joe Davis, Lee, Ogle, Stevenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties), four days of positives and one day of hospitalization are increasing. The positive rate in this region has risen to 4.3%. Currently 42% of medical/surgical beds and 52% of ICU beds are available.

North Central Region (Bureau, Fulton, Grandy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Taswell, Warren, Woodford County) 4 days There was an increase in positivity and an increase in hospitalization for 2 days. The positive rate in this region rose to 3.9%. Currently, 37% of medical/surgical beds are available and 47% of ICU beds are available.

In Chicago, there was an increase in positivity for 3 days and an increase in hospitalization for 5 days. The positive rate in this region has risen to 4.0%. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 39% of ICU beds are available.

Suburban Cook County had an increase in positivity for 7 days and an increase in hospitalization for 3 days. The positive rate in this region has risen to 5.2%. Currently, 27% of medical/surgical beds and 37% of ICU beds are available.

To see the status of other regions in the state, see the complete IDPH dashboard here..

Newly reported deaths include:

-Boone County: 1 Male in his 70s

-Cook County: 3 women 60 years old, 1 woman 80 years old, 1 man 80 years old, 1 woman 90 years old

-Cumberland County: 1+ women +

-Dupage County: 1 Female in her 80s

-Kane County: 1 female in her 30s

-Lake County: 1 Female in her 70s

-St Clair County: 1 Female in her 70s

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