Illinois now has seen 220,178 total cases of the virus and 7,880 people have died. A total of 3,704,036 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Saturday night, Illinois had 1,449 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 339 were in the ICU and 117 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 two days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics. The region’s positivity rate went down to 5.5%. Currently, 38% 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 5.5%. Currently, 30% of medical/surgical beds are available and 46% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen seven days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 8.3%, the second straight day above the state’s fail-safe threshold of 8.0%. If this region is above 8% on Monday, it will have restrictions put on it that could include limiting capacity in restaurants and bars, among other mitigations. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 29% of ICU beds.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen six days of positivity increase and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased for the sixth straight day to 4.9%. 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 six days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 5.9%. Currently, 35% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen three days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 5.3%. Currently, 26% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen five days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases, an increase in both metrics. The region’s positivity rate went up to 6.7%. Currently, 30% of medical/surgical beds are available and 36% 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 9.6%. 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 40s, 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 1 male 80s, 1 male 90s

• Iroquois County: 1 male 60s