As of late Monday night, Illinois had 1,383 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 329 were in the ICU and 128 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 the coronavirus. 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 nine days of positivity increases – meeting one criteria for stricter measures – but zero days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.1%. Currently 43% of medical/surgical beds are available and 54% of ICU beds.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 4.5%. Currently 39% of medical/surgical beds are available and 49% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen seven days of positivity increases – meeting one criteria for stricter measures – but only one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.8%. Currently 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 38% 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 zero days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.2%. Currently 49% of medical/surgical beds are available and 58% 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 five days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.2%. Currently 45% of medical/surgical beds are available and 49% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen four days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 4.5%. Currently 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen seven days of positivity increases – meeting one criteria for stricter measures – but only four days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate went up to 5.4%. Currently 29% of medical/surgical beds are available and 35% of ICU beds.

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

Newly reported deaths include:

– Champaign County – 1 male 70s

– Coles County: 1 female 30s, 1 female 40s, 1 female 80s

– Cook County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 2 male 50s, 2 females 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 female 80s, 3 males 80s, 3 females 90s, 1 male 90s

– DeKalb County: 1 male 80s

– Douglas County: 1 female 60s

– DuPage County: 1 male 80s

– Iroquois County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s

– Montgomery County: 2 males 80s

– St. Clair County: 1 male 60s

– Williamson County: 1 male 70s

– Winnebago County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s