Illinois now has seen 211,889 total cases of the virus and 7,806 people have died. A total of 3,489,571 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Tuesday night, Illinois had 1,519 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 334 were in the ICU and 144 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 four days of positivity increases and only one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased for the second consecutive day to 5.6%. Currently, 42% of medical/surgical beds are available and 57% of ICU beds.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 5.1%. This is the first time this region has crossed above the 5% positive mark since it was broken out into its own region. Currently, 34% of medical/surgical beds are available and 45% of ICU beds.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and five days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased significantly to 7.2%. This is the first time this region has crossed above the 7% positive mark since it was broken out into its own region. Currently, 32% of medical/surgical beds are available and 35% of ICU beds.

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 to 3.8%. Currently, 44% 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 six days of positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 5.5%. Currently, 43% of medical/surgical beds are available and 46% of ICU beds.

Chicago has seen three days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased slightly to 5.1%. Currently, 29% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% of ICU beds.

Suburban Cook County has seen four days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region’s positivity rate increased to 6.4%. Currently, 31% of medical/surgical beds are available and 37% of ICU beds.

The Metro East region, which includes East St. Louis and is the only region under enhanced restrictions, saw its positivity rate climb again 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 male 20s, 1 female 50s, 1 female 60s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s, 3 males 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s

– DeKalb County: 1 female 80s

– Jefferson County: 1 female 90s, 1 male 90s

– Knox County: 1 female 80s

– La Salle County: 1 female 80s, 1 male 80s, 1 female 90s

– Madison County: 1 female 80s

– Morgan County: 1 male 70s, 2 females 80s

– St. Clair County: 1 male 30s, 1 male 70s

– Wabash County: 1 female 60s

– Will County: 1 male 60s