Illinois now has seen 218,285 total cases of the virus and 7,874 people have died. A total of 3,649,685 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Friday night, Illinois had 1,488 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 322 were in the ICU and 127 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 52% 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 went up to 5.4%. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen six days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 8.0%, hitting the state’s threshold for the first time. Currently, 27% 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 five days of positivity increase and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased for the fifth straight day to 4.8%. Currently, 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 54% 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 slightly to 5.9%. Currently, 36% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

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

Suburban Cook County has seen four days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate stayed the same at 6.5%. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 34% of ICU beds.

The Metro East region, which includes East St. Louis and is the only region under enhanced restrictions, saw its positivity rate go up to 9.5%. 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 female 20s, 1 male 30s, 1 male 40s, 2 females 60s, 2 males 60s, 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s

– Douglas County: 1 male 80s

– Iroquois County: 1 female 80s

– Kane County: 1 male 50s

– Madison County: 1 male 60s

– Sangamon County: 1 female 80s

– Winnebago County: 1 male 90s