September 17: 2056 New COVID 19 Cases in Illinois

Illinois had additional 25 fatalities.  Boone County had 10 new COVID-19 cases

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

State's positivity rate goes down to 3.6 percent

By JOHN SAHLYFollow12:12 PM

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,056 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 25 additional deaths Thursday.

As of late Wednesday, Illinois had 1,558 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those hospitalized, 359 were in intensive care units, and 144 were on ventilators.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate decreased slightly to 3.6%. The state received the results of 57,800 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday afternoon.

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

Illinois now has seen 268,207 total cases of the virus and 8,392 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 4,920,938 tests since the start of the pandemic.

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 10-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 five days of positivity increases and zero days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased to 5.7%. Currently, 44% of medical/surgical beds are available and 60% of ICU beds.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen three days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased to 5.4%. Currently, 36% of medical/surgical beds are available and 44% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen two days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased to 6.1%.

Additional mitigation measures from the IDPH have been placed on the region after its positivity rate exceeded 8% If the region can hold under 6.5% for another two days, it will return to the standard Phase 4 restrictions.

Currently, 33% of the region's medical/surgical beds are available and 36% of ICU beds.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen one day of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate slightly decreased to 6.0%. Currently, 43% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% 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 one day of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased to 6.0%. Currently, 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen one day of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased slightly to 5.0%. Currently, 26% of medical/surgical beds are available and 34% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen two days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased to 5.3%. Currently, 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 39% of ICU beds.

To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.

Above is from:  https://www.shawlocal.com/2020/09/17/heres-where-each-health-region-in-northern-illinois-stands-as-of-thursday/aml8wmi/