Kendall Co. Reopening: Coronavirus Positivity Lowest In A Month

KENDALL COUNTY, IL — Illinois'North Central region is finally showing lower coronavirus positivity rates for the first time since Aug. 21, according to public health data. As of Thursday, Region 2 has a positivity rate of 6 percent, which is a significant decrease from last week's 6.7 percent.

The region also currently has 1 day of positivity increase, which is also lower than last week when it had 5 consecutive days.

A couple of weeks ago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a set of new restrictions in Region 7 — the Will-Kankakee region — triggered by regional coronavirus mitigation metrics, and as state public health officials announced the week before that the county had reached a COVID-19 "warning level." Region 2 could have seen the same mitigations if the numbers kept increasing.

As of Thursday, Region 2 has 42 percent surgical beds and 41 percent ICU beds still available. If these fall below 20 percent, the region will be at a warning level for this metric. The availability of beds has increased since Aug.4.

According to IDPH, as of Wednesday, the region has utilized 62 percent of its total ICU capacity and 21 percent of its ventilator capacity. This means, there are still 391 ventilators and 117 fully-staffed ICU beds still available.

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