8/23 COVID-19 in Illinois thread begins here.

1,893 new cases, 54,351 tests run.

3.48% positivity rate for past 24 hours. (was 4.14% yesterday)

7-day rolling avg. goes down to: 4.2%

6 additional deaths announced.

ICU patients up to 339, patients on a ventilator down to 117. Hospitalizations down to 1,449.

Region 1 (DeKalb and west to Whiteside):

6/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)

4.9% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.1). Region has gone up 1.3 % points in 5 days.

1/10 days of hospital increases.

42% of hospital beds available.

53% of ICU beds available.

Region 2 (Kendall, La Salle, all the way to Henderson)

6/10 days of positivity increases. (-1)

5.9% positivity rate for the last day entered

3/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)

35% of hospital beds available.

43% of ICU beds available.

Region 3 (Springfield area)

4/10 days of positivity increases. (-1)

5.6% positivity rate for the last day entered (-0.1).

0/10 days of hospital increases. (-1)

35% of hospital beds available.

42% of ICU beds available.

Region 4 (St. Louis area)

8/10 days of positivity increases.

9.6% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.1)

2/10 days of hospital increases. (-1)

32% of hospital beds available.

42% of ICU beds available.

Region 5 (southern)

5/10 days of positivity increases.

7.7% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.1)

1/10 days of hospital increases.

50% of hospital beds available.

61% of ICU beds available.

Region 6 (Iroquois to Champaign to Clay counties)

2/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)

1.9% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.1)

1/10 days of hospital increases. (-1)

36% of hospital beds available.

45% of ICU beds available

Region 7 (Will/Kankakee)

7/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)

8.3% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.3).

2/10 days of hospital increases.

28% of hospital beds available.

29% of ICU beds available.

^^ Region 7 is now one day away from restrictions being put on it.

The region will have to get down to 7.9% positive tomorrow in order to avoid it.

A reminder that these are the restrictions that Region 4 is under: https://www.dph.illinois.gov/news/region-4-mitigation-measures

Region 8 (Kane/DuPage)

4/10 days of positivity increases.

5.5% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.1). Second straight day w/an increase.

2/10 days of hospital increases.

30% of hospital beds available.

46% of ICU beds available.

Region 9 (McHenry/Lake)

2/10 days of positivity increases. (-1)

5.5% positivity rate for the last day entered (-0.2)

1/10 days of hospital increases. (-1)

38% of hospital beds available.

52% of ICU beds available.

Region 10 (Suburban Cook)

5/10 days of positivity increases. (+1)

6.7% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.2)

5/10 days of hospital increases. (+1)

30% of hospital beds available.

36% of ICU beds available.

Region 11 (Chicago)

3/10 days of positivity increases.

5.3% positivity rate for the last day entered (+0.1)

3/10 days of hospital increases.

26% of hospital beds available.

41% of ICU beds available.

8/23 summary: A mixed bag of a day.

Bad: Will/Kankakee appear very likely to have restrictions put on it tomorrow. @Joliet_HN and @JoeHosey will have you covered if and when that happens.

Good: 24-hour positivity well under rolling avg. Thank you, Champaign.

Also, @K_Rettke and the @Daily_Chronicle will have you covered about @NIUlive's COVID cases as students have moved back in at the DeKalb campus. Only two confirmed so far.

Need that @Illinois_Alma test to get approved for use up north. https://www.shawmediaillinois.com/2020/08/23/less-than-week-after-students-moved-in-2-cases-of-covid-19-identified-on-niu-campus/auer3b9/