Illinois now has seen 215,929 total cases of the virus and 7,857 people have died. A total of 3,592,919 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Thursday night, Illinois had 1,526 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 351 were in the ICU and 121 were on ventilators.

Regional update: According to a July 15 update to the governor’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 ten 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 three days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 5.7%. Currently, 37% of medical/surgical beds are available and 53% of ICU beds.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 5.2%. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased again, this time to 7.9%, putting it within 0.1 percentage point of the 8% fail-safe for restrictions. Currently, 29% of medical/surgical beds are available and 30% of ICU beds.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen four days of positivity increase and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased for the third straight day to 4.5%. The region has gone up a full percentage point in positivity in three days. Currently, 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 53% 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 seven days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 5.8%. Currently, 36% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen four days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 5.2%. Currently, 26% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen five days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 6.5%. Currently, 27% of medical/surgical beds are available and 33% of ICU beds.

The Metro East region, which includes East St. Louis and is the only region under enhanced restrictions, saw its positivity remain flat at 9.4%. It has less than two weeks to get down to 6.5% positive, or it will face further restrictions.

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

Newly reported deaths include:

– Cook County: 1 male 30s, 2 males 40s, 2 female 60s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s,1 female 80s

– DuPage County: 1 male 50s

– Iroquois County: 1 male 80s

– Knox County: 1 female 80s

– Lake County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s

– La Salle County: 1 female 70s

– Macon County: 1 female 80s

– Madison County: 1 male 60s, 1 female 90s

– Mason County: 1 male 50s

– Perry County: 1 male 90s

– Rock Island County: 1 female 80s

– Sangamon County: 1 female 90s

– Will County: 1 male 60s

– Williamson County: 1 male 70s