5.43% positivity rate for this batch. (was 5.09% yesterday)
State's 7-day rolling avg. positivity rate increases again to: 4.6%
.@GovPritzker is giving a news conference right now too, will tweet anything interesting that comes out of it.
Pritzker says he has one message for regions with increasing positivity rates.
"Mask up."
49 new deaths announced. Highest number of deaths in one day since June 24.
⬆️(x2) 1,974 COVID patients in the hospital, highest number since June 12.
⬇️ 390 patients in the ICU.
⬇️ 153 patients on ventilators.
IDPH will be releasing guidelines today on how to celebrate the holidays safely.
.@IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike basically acknowledging that people are going to get together for the holidays, no matter the status of the virus.
She's trying to provide guidance to do it safely. Emphasizing to do as much of it outdoors as possible.
🛑 Region 1 (DeKalb and west to Whiteside):
6/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)
🚨 10.1% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.5)
2/10 days of hospital increases. (-1)
37% of hospital beds available.
43% of ICU beds available.
***Regional data always 3 days behind***
Region 1 turned in a 12.1% day for Oct. 11, and will lose a 8.7% day off its 7-day average tomorrow.
Winnebago County did 49.9% of the region's testing on Oct. 11, and turned in an 13.5% positive day.
DeKalb County: 11.5% of the region's tests, 12.9% positive. 7-day avg. up to 8.8%.
Whiteside: 8.9% of the tests, and 6.7% positive. 7-day avg. up to 9.7%.
Region 2 (Kendall, La Salle, all the way to Henderson)
4/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)
5.6% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.1), second straight day w/an increase
2/10 days of hospital increases.
38% of hospital beds available.
42% of ICU beds available.
Region 3 (Springfield area)
5/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)
6.1% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.5), fourth straight day w/an increase
3/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)
38% of hospital beds available.
38% of ICU beds available.
Region 4 (St. Louis area)
5/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)
6.8% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.2), fifth straight day w/an increase
3/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)
27% of hospital beds available
44% of ICU beds available
Region 5 (southern)
🚨 9/10 days of positivity increases.
7.7% positivity rate for the last day entered. (-0.3)
5/10 days of hospital increases.
47% of hospital beds available.
54% of ICU beds available
Region 5 is back under the 8% threshold, so reset the counter for that region and extra mitigations.
Region 6 (Iroquois to Champaign to Clay counties)
3/10 days of positivity increases. (+1), third straight day w/an increase
2.2% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.1)
5/10 days of hospital increases. (-1)
37% of hospital beds available.
47% of ICU beds available.
Region 6 (Iroquois to Champaign to Clay counties)
***w/out Champaign County
5/10 days of positivity increases.
🚨 8.2% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.5), fourth straight day w/an increase
^^ Attn: Champaign County (and Region 6)
If Region 6 without Champaign County data exceeds the metric threshold, Champaign County will still participate in mitigation along with the other counties in the region.
Region 7 (Will/Kankakee)
6/10 days of positivity increases.
6.3% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.2), fourth straight day w/an increase.
5/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)
30% of hospital beds available.
32% of ICU beds available.
Dr. Ezike says there is "more to come" about information with high school basketball for this season in Illinois.
Region 8 (Kane/DuPage)
🚨 7/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)
6.7% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.3), seventh straight day w/an increase
4/10 days of hospital increases.
32% of hospital beds available.
48% of ICU beds available.
📈Kane County's seven-day rolling avg. is now 7.6%. It turned in a 10.8% positive day on Oct. 11.
📈 DuPage County was 4.5% a week ago. It is now 6.2%.
Region 9 (McHenry/Lake)
5/10 days of positivity increases. (-1)
6.2% positivity rate for the last day entered.
6/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)
38% of hospital beds available.
50% of ICU beds available
McHenry County had a good - relative to everything else - day for Oct. 10, turning in a 5% positivity rate for the day.
It's 7-day average dropped 0.5 percentage points to 8.1%.
Region 10 (Suburban Cook)
6/10 days of positivity increases.
5.9% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.3), third straight day w/an increase
6/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)
26% of hospital beds available.
31% of ICU beds available.
Region 11 (Chicago)
4/10 days of positivity increases.
4.9% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.2), third straight day w/an increase
6/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)
27% of hospital beds available.
34% of ICU beds available.
.@GovPritzker says he was on a call yesterday with Governors across the country "of both parties" and "to a person" they admit that sports have caused some COVID outbreaks.
10/14 summary:
A reminder that everything lags with this disease. Infections lag symptoms lag test lag confirmed positive lag hospitalization.
As cases continue to stay elevated, simple math will tell you we'll see more hospitalizations.
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