As COVID cases continue to climb around the United States, more Illinois counties are currently at a “high community level” of the virus, including several in the Chicago area.
Under new guidelines released by the CDC, a county is considered to be at a “high community level” of COVID when its average number of weekly cases per 100,000 residents rises above 200, and when it either is averaging 10 weekly COVID hospital admissions or when it’s seeing 10% or more of its hospital beds occupied by COVID patients.Weekly Case Rate Per 100,000 Residents: 323.77 Percentage of Staffed Beds Used by COVID Patients: 3.5% New Weekly COVID Hospital Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 6.
5% New Weekly COVID Hospital Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 11.1 Weekly Case Rate Per 100,000 Residents: 270.28 Percentage of Staffed Beds Used by COVID Patients: 3.3% New Weekly COVID Hospital Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 7.3 Weekly Case Rate Per 100,000 Residents: 337.24 Percentage of Staffed Beds Used by COVID Patients: 3.3% New Weekly COVID Hospital Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 10.9 Weekly Case Rate Per 100,000 Residents: 242.
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