


Other Chicago, suburbs and Illinois COVID-19 metrics.Remembering the lives of those in Illinois who died from coronavirus.Check out the Tribune’s coronavirus coverage.9, while Region 10 is the first to trigger mitigations by a. (Cases, deaths and tests data is as of Dec. SPRINGFIELD Six of the states 11 coronavirus mitigation regions will be under. Pritzker are the percentage of coronavirus tests that return positive, the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19-like illnesses, and the capacity of hospitals to take in new patients.The state will decide how much or how little to restrict activities based on these metrics. The city of Chicago is one region, for example, and the rest of Cook County is another.Īmong the metrics (see below) tracked under guidelines set by Gov. Test positivity rates are reported less consistently, but can show how infections. To assess how different parts of Illinois are handling the COVID-19 pandemic, officials look at the state through the 11 regions of Emergency Medical Services. The number of Covid patients in hospitals is an indicator of Covid’s ongoing impact on hospitals and I.C.U.s. Pritzker announced Friday that three of the state's 11 regions can lift Tier 3 coronavirus mitigations effective immediately, with most of the others on track to move into the. More on where the coronavirus stands nationally and around the world can be found here. And Daily metrics on the vaccination effort can be found here. 1 These numbers are reported by Illinois acute care hospitals, including two Children’s Hospitals that report into EMResource. Pritzker (D) announced the Department of Health added 10 more counties to the state’s warning level classification, bringing the total number of warning-level counties to 30. Daily metrics on COVID-19, like cases, deaths and hospitalizations, can be found here. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 24 counties are still at the state’s warning level for coronavirus infections. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois has followed the science and listened to public health experts to keep people safe. If the state moves back into bridge phase, the Tribune we reassess. Note: With Chicago and Illinois moving into phase 5, the Tribune is no longer updating this data.
