September 18: 2120 New COVID-19 Cases in Illinois

19 additional fatalities in Illinois.  4 new COVID-19 cases in Boone County.

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

State sees 20 new deaths, including an infant from DeKalb County

By JOHN SAHLYFollow 4:33 PM

Earleen Hinton for Shaw Media

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The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 2,120 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 20 additional deaths, including an infant from DeKalb County.

As of late Thursday, Illinois had 1,481 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, a drop of more than 100 patients in 24 hours. Of those hospitalized, 329 were in intensive care units, and 149 were on ventilators.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate remained flat at 3.6%. The state received the results of 61,918 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Friday afternoon.

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Illinois now has seen 270,327 total cases of the virus, and 8,411 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 4,982,856 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 also may 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 more 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 zero days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate remained flat at 5.7%. Currently, 41% of medical/surgical beds and 60% of ICU beds are available.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases, an increase in both metrics. The region's positivity rate increased to 5.5%. Currently, 33% of medical/surgical beds and 41% of ICU beds are available.

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 5.6%, and Prtizker announced that effective at 5 p.m. Friday, this region was restored to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois plan, allowing for indoor dining, among other activities.

Currently, 30% of the region's medical/surgical beds and 34% of its ICU beds are available.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen two days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased to 6.4%. Currently, 39% of medical/surgical beds and 42% of ICU beds are available.

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 5.9%. Currently, 39% of medical/surgical beds and 38% of ICU beds are available.

Chicago has seen one day of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased slightly to 4.9%. Currently, 25% of medical/surgical beds and 34% of ICU beds are available.

Suburban Cook County has seen two days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate decreased to 5.2%. Currently, 29% of medical/surgical beds and 38% of ICU beds are available.

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