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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,222 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 20 additional deaths Monday.
The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate is now 8.1%. The state received the results of 68,118 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Monday afternoon.
Illinois has seen 423,502 total cases of the virus, and 9,810 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 7,876,421 tests since the start of the pandemic.
As of late Sunday, Illinois had 3,371 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, the most since May 28. Of those, 722 were in intensive care units, the most since June 8, and 298 were on ventilators, the most since June 17.
Regional update: 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 come under more restrictions 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 nine days of positivity increases and eight days of hospital admission increases, an increase in both metrics. The region's positivity rate increased from 9.7% to 10.2%. Currently, 34% of medical/surgical beds and 47% of ICU beds are available.
Region 9 (the North Suburban region) began tier one mitigation efforts Saturday.
Regional data from IDPH remains on a three-day lag. But within this region, McHenry County's seven-day positivity rate average increased to 13.4%. Lake County, which does about two-thirds of the testing in the region, is reporting a rolling average of 9.1%.
The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen six days of positivity increases and 10 days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased from 10.6% to 11.1%. Currently, 26% of medical/surgical beds and 37% of ICU beds are available.
The region (Region 8) is in tier one of the state's additional mitigation restrictions.
The seven-day rolling average for hospitalizations for COVID-19-like illness have increased for 11 straight days and have nearly doubled in the Kane/DuPage region, from 22 on Oct. 20 to 40 on Oct. 30.
The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen eight days of positivity increases and six days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased from 11.4% to 12.4%. Currently, 22% of the region's medical/surgical beds and 29% of ICU beds are available. The region (Region 7) currently is in tier one of the state's additional mitigation restrictions.
The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen seven days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased from 13.5% to 14.6%. This remains the highest rate of any of the state's 11 regions. Currently, 36% of medical/surgical beds and 38% of ICU beds are available.
After failing to lower its positivity rate below 8%, the North region (Region 1) was moved into the IDPH's tier two mitigation measures – the only of the state's 11 regions to reach the second tier. Among other things, this means gatherings are limited to 10 people and outdoor dining groups are limited to six people instead of 10.
The region's counties reporting the highest positivity rates are Boone (19.7%), Stephenson (18.1%), Lee (17.6%, a five-point jump in one day), Whiteside (15.5%) and Carroll (15.6%). DeKalb County's positivity rate decreased from 10.6% to 10.3%.
To get back 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 three-day period.
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 eight days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased from 9.3% to 9.7%. Currently, 40% of medical/surgical beds are available and 40% of ICU beds.
Region 2 will be under mitigations effective Nov. 4. This includes no indoor dining or bar service.
Within this region, La Salle County has seen its positivity rate jump from 7.2% on Oct. 23 to 13.1% on Oct. 30.
Chicago has seen 10 days of positivity increases and nine days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased to 9.7%. Currently, 24% of medical/surgical beds and 29% of ICU beds are available.
Region 11 (the city of Chicago) began tier one of additional mitigations Friday.
Suburban Cook County has seen eight days of positivity increases and eight days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate increased from 9.3% to 10.1%. Currently, 24% of medical/surgical beds and 30% of ICU beds are available. The region (Region 10) is in tier one of the state's additional mitigation restrictions.
To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.
Newly reported deaths include:
• Champaign County: 1 male 60s
• Cook County: 1 female 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 male 60s, 2 females 70s, 2 males 70s, 2 males 80s, 1 female over 100
• DuPage County: 1 male 80s
• Iroquois County: 1 male 80s
• Lake County: 1 male 80s
• Mason County: 1 male 70s, 1 male 90s
• Monroe County: 1 female 90s, 1 female over 100
• Piatt County: 1 female 60s
• Will County: 1 male 90s