Illinois now has seen 209,594 total cases of the virus, and 7,782 people have died. A total of 3,439,272 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Monday, Illinois had 1,510 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 335 were in intensive care units 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 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 10-day period.

A region also may become more restrictive if there is a seven-day increase in hospital admissions for COVID-19-related illness, a reduction in hospital medical/surgical beds or ICU capacity falls below 20%. If a region reports three consecutive days with an average positivity rate greater than 8%, 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 five days of positivity increases and only one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased slightly to 5.7%. Currently, 43% of medical/surgical beds and 58% of ICU beds are available.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen three days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 4.8%. Currently, 36% of medical/surgical beds and 47% of ICU beds are available.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and six days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased slightly to 6.7%. Currently, 33% of medical/surgical beds and 37% of ICU beds are available.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen two days of positivity increase and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased slightly to 3.5%. Currently, 45% of medical/surgical beds and 53% of ICU beds are available.

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 two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased slightly to 5.7%. Currently, 44% of medical/surgical beds and 46% of ICU beds are available.

Chicago has seen three days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate remained flat at 5%. Currently, 30% of medical/surgical beds and 44% of ICU beds are available.

Suburban Cook County has seen four days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased slightly to 6.1%. Currently, 32% of medical/surgical beds and 38% of ICU beds are available.

To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the IDPH dashboard at www.dph.illinois.gov.

Newly reported deaths include:

• Cook County: 1 female 40s, 1 male 40s, 1 male 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 1 male 80s, 1 unknown 80s, 2 males 90s

• DuPage County: 1 female 70s

• Jefferson County: 1 female 80s, 1 unknown 90s

• Kane County: 1 male 80s

• Kankakee County: 1 male 80s

• Lake County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 80s

• La Salle County: 1 female 70s

• Madison County: 1 male 80s

• Morgan County: 1male 90s

• Perry County: 1 male 80s

• Rock Island County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s, 1 male 80s

• St. Clair County: 1 male 60s

• Will County: 1 female 90s, 1 male 100+