City Of Batavia Explains Current Coronavirus Mitigations

Press release from the City of Batavia:

As positivity rates continue to decline in different regions of Illinois it's important to stay up-to-date on what the mitigations are for each tier and where Region 8 (Kane and Dupage County) stands today. Region 8 is currently in Tier 2 mitigations. In order to move to Tier 1 mitigations, a region must meet the following metrics:

1) Test positivity below 8% for three consecutive days. (7-day average)

2) Greater than 20% capacity for staff hospital beds (ICU) (3-day average)

3) No sustained increase in COVID patients in hospitals (7-day average over 7 of 10 days)

According to the Kane County Health Department as of today (01/21/2021):

1) Our 7 day rolling average is 8.2% and has been gradually decreasing.

2) Our bed availability has been over 20% for more than 31 days

3) Our patient count has decreased 22 of the last 30 days, though we did have 4 days with slight increases over the past week.

Daily updates of this data can be found here: https://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics?regionID=8

For a comprehensive Tier mitigations chart and more information from the Illinois Department of Health please visit: https://coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/restore-illinois-mitigation-plan

For those looking for FAQs on the Tier mitigations check here: https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Documents/Phase%204%20Business%20Guidance%20FAQ.pdf

If you want to receive information from the Kane County Health Department on the vaccine rollout, sign up here: https://redcap.dph.illinois.gov/surveys/?s=X4METTTHEK

This press release was produced by the City of Batavia. The views expressed here are the author’s own.