Latest statewide coronavirus numbers include 1,545 new positives and 146 new deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,545 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 146 more people have died statewide.
Illinois has seen a total of 4,379 deaths across the state during the pandemic, officials reported Tuesday. A total of 98,030 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus.
An additional 18,443 have been tested for the virus, bringing the total number of administered tests to 621,684, IDPH said in a news release.
The latest IDPH metrics showed that Southern Illinois is on track to start Phase 3 of the Restore Illinois plan at the end of the current stay-at-home order on May 30. Phase 3 includes the reopening of manufacturing, offices, retail, barbershops and salons with proper safety precautions and groups of 10 or fewer will be allowed.
The requirements to reopen under Phase 3 are:
- At or under a 20 percent positivity rate of all COVID-19 tests and increasing no more than 10% over a 14-day period,
- No overall increase in hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illness for 28 days, and
- Available surge capacity of at least 14 percent of ICU beds, medical and surgical beds and ventilators.
As of Tuesday, Southern Illinois was on pace on all three metrics:
- A positivity rate of 6 percent and a decrease of 5.2 percentage points over a 14-day period
- A 63.7% decrease in hospital admissions for COVID-like illness since May 1
- A surge capacity of 35.4 percent of ICU beds, 46.6 percent of medical and surgical beds and 79.3 percent of ventilators.
This story was originally published May 19, 2020 at 2:48 PM.
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