Monday marked a day of major changes as several Illinois regions were allowed to loosen their coronavirus restrictions even further as the state changed its mitigation guidelines.
Hospitalization Trends: 7/10 days decreasing
In order for a region to move forward from Tier 1 mitigations to Phase 4, it must have a positivity rate of 6.5% or lower for three straight days, an ICU bed availability of greater than 20% for three consecutive days, and must report continued declines in hospitalizations at least seven times over a 10 day span.
Regions in Tier 2 of Coronavirus Mitigations:
Region 8 (Kane, DuPage counties) –
Positivity Rate: 8.7% (decreasing)
Hospitalization Trends: 7/10 days decreasing
Region 9 (McHenry, Lake counties) –
Positivity Rate: 8.7% (decreasing)
Hospitalization Trends: 7/10 days decreasing
Region 10 (Suburban Cook County) –
Positivity Rate: 8.6% (decreasing)
Hospitalization Trends: 10/10 days decreasing
Region 11 (Chicago) –
Illinois now has two regions that have moved into Tier 1 mitigations, meaning that indoor dining can now resume in parts of the west-central portion of the state, as well as in the far southern tip of the state. Region 2 joined that list on Sunday thanks to declines in its positivity rates and increases in its availability of hospital.
Eight of Illinois’ 11 health care regions remain under Tier 3 mitigations, having not met the metrics to move back to previous tiers, which would lift a.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration announced earlier this week that it would begin to allow healthcare regions in the state to rollback Tier 3, and.