10/27 COVID-19 in Illinois thread begins here.

4,000 new cases, 62,074 tests run.

6.44% positivity rate for this batch. (was 8.25% yesterday)

State's 7-day rolling avg. positivity rate goes up to: 6.4%

46 new deaths announced.

(x2) 2,758 COVID patients in the hospital. Up by 120. Most people hospitalized with COVID-19 since June 4.

(x4) 595 patients in the ICU. Most since June 12.

(x2) 241 patients on ventilators.

Region 1 (DeKalb and west to Whiteside):

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

12.5% positivity rate for the last day entered. (-0.3).

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

37% of hospital beds available.

42% of ICU beds available.

***Regional data always 3 days behind***

Region 1 turned in an 11.9% day for Oct. 24, and will lose a 10.0% day off its 7-day average tomorrow.

Winnebago County did 44.9% of the region's testing on Oct. 24, and turned in a 12.7% positive day.

DeKalb County: 16.4% of the region's tests, 10.2% positive. 7-day avg. down to 9.6%.

Whiteside: 8.5% of the tests, and 8.0% positive. 7-day avg. down to 12.9%.

Specific to DeKalb County, get ready for potentially a couple of wild swings in positivity rate the next two days.

It will lose a 6.9% day off it's 7-day average tomorrow.

Thursday, it will lose a 20.5% day off its 7-day average.

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

5/10 days of positivity increases.

7.5% positivity rate for the last day entered. (+0.3), second straight day w/an increase.

3/10 days of hospital increases.

40% of hospital beds available.

39% of ICU beds available.

La Salle County's rolling avg. was 5.1% on Oct. 6. It is now 7.5%, ending a 5-day streak of decreases.

Kendall County's avg. was 5.8% on Oct. 4. It is now 9.3%, up 0.1 points from yesterday.