The Illinois Department of Health releases new data for probable cases once a week, which can cause a single-day spike in the number of reported cases.Ĭonfirmed cases and deaths, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. The tallies on this page include cases and deaths that have been identified by public health officials as probable coronavirus patients. 6, Illinois began reporting probable cases and deaths at the county level, resulting in one-day increases for many counties. Illinois began reporting probable cases and deaths.

Illinois announced many backlogged cases from earlier in the week after resolving a data processing slowdown. Illinois began including probable deaths as probable cases, resulting in a one-day increase in cases. The daily count could be artificially low because many jurisdictions did not announce new data on Labor Day. Illinois did not release new data because of the holiday.

Illinois did not announce new data because of the Veterans Day holiday. Illinois did not announce new cases and deaths for the Thanksgiving holiday. Illinois did not announce new cases and deaths for the Christmas holiday. Illinois did not announce new cases and deaths for the New Year's holiday. Illinois did not announce new cases and deaths for the Martin Luther King Jr. Illinois did not release data because of a state holiday. Many deaths from recent weeks were added in Cook County. The Times began including death certificate data reconciled by the C.D.C., resulting in a one-day increase in total deaths. More about reporting anomalies or changes To move to Phase 4, however, the positivity rate must average less than or equal to 6.5 percent over a 3-day period.The Times has identified reporting anomalies or methodology changes in the data. Regions with a positivity rate averaging between 6.5 percent and 8 percent, will likely be under Tier 1 guidelines, though the state could still choose to monitor before lifting restrictions further. The move to Tier 2 will mean the return of group fitness classes and lower-risk youth and recreational sports, and the reopening of cultural institutions like museums, with a 25% capacity limit, among other things. Under the state's guidelines, a region can move to Tier 2 mitigations if it sees a test positivity rate less than 12% for three consecutive days and more than 20% of ICU and hospital beds are available, as well as declining COVID-19 hospitalizations in seven of the previous 10 days.

The three regions that can immediately move into Tier 2 include: Region 1, Region 2 and Region 5.

EAST-CENTRAL: Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland, Shelby, VermillionĢ023 Veterans Day: These restaurants and stores are offering discounts this weekend.

SOUTHERN: Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White, Williamson.

METRO EAST: Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St.

WEST-CENTRAL: Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott.

NORTH-CENTRAL: Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Woodford.

NORTH: Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago.

Which counties are in each region? Here's a breakdown: Pritzker announced Friday that three of the state's 11 regions can lift Tier 3 coronavirus mitigations effective immediately, with most of the others on track to move into the less restrictive Tier 2 in the coming days.

Illinois covid map