The state of Illinois is reporting decreases in COVID circumstances, positivity charges and hospitalizations in current weeks, and people tendencies have gotten extra obvious on the regional degree as properly.
Based on information printed Monday by the Illinois Division of Public Well being, essentially the most speedy decreases in COVID metrics are occurring in Chicago and suburban Cook dinner County, areas the place the omicron variant first quickly unfold.
In Cook dinner County, the positivity price has plunged from 14% on Jan. 21 to six.9% on Jan. 28, coinciding with a speedy lower in hospitalizations associated to COVID-19.
Town of Chicago has seen an identical decline, falling from 11.9% on Jan. 21 to only 4.8% on Jan. 28, by far the bottom quantity within the state.
Hospitalizations have additionally fallen quickly in Chicago, going from 1,478 hospitalizations on Jan. 21 to 955 on Jan. 30, in response to IDPH information.
No different area within the state has seen its positivity price fall beneath 10%, however Area 9, comprised of McHenry and Lake counties, is shut, presently sitting at 10.1%. The area peaked at 21.3% on Jan. 21, in response to state well being officers.
Total, the state’s COVID positivity price on all exams has dropped to 7.1%, whereas the positivity price on people examined is at 9.2%.
Hospitalizations have dropped by greater than 45% within the final two and a half weeks in Illinois, falling to three,870 as of midnight Monday.
Listed below are the total COVID metrics from every of Illinois’ 11 well being care areas:
Area 1 (Northwest Illinois):
Positivity Fee – 14.2% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 13% (growing)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 2 (West-Central Illinois):
Positivity Fee – 11.9% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 15% (secure)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 3 (West Illinois):
Positivity Fee – 13.8% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 8% (growing)
Hospitalization Traits – 7/10 days lowering or secure
Area 4 (Southwest Illinois):
Positivity Fee – 14.6% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 11% (secure)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 5 (South Illinois):
Positivity Fee – 18.2% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 9% (lowering)
Hospitalization Traits – 6/10 days lowering or secure
Area 6 (East-Central Illinois):
Positivity Fee – 16% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 13% (secure)
Hospitalization Traits – 8/10 days lowering or secure
Area 7 (Will, Kankakee Counties):
Positivity Fee – 11.9% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 13% (secure)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 8 (Kane, DuPage Counties):
Positivity Fee – 11.5% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 20% (growing)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 9 (McHenry, Lake Counties):
Positivity Fee – 10.1% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 18% (secure)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 10 (Suburban Cook dinner County):
Positivity Fee – 6.9% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 14% (secure)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
Area 11 (Chicago):
Positivity Fee – 4.8% (lowering)
ICU Mattress Availability – 13% (growing)
Hospitalization Traits – 10/10 days lowering or secure
