SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (January 25, 2020) — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced Region 1 (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago) and Region 2 (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Woodford) are moving to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan effective today. Information about which tier and phase regions are in can be found at the top of the IDPH website homepage.
A Phase 4 Guidelines Overview can be found on the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity website.
RESTAURANTS AND BARS
• Indoor dining and drinking now permitted for parties of up to 10 people; and
• Seated areas should be arranged so that tables allow for 6 feet between parties; impermeable barriers may be installed between booths which are less than 6 feet apart.
RETAIL AND SERVICE COUNTER
• Continue capacity limit of no more than 50% occupancy.
PERSONAL CARE
• Continue capacity limit of no more than 50% occupancy.
INDOOR/OUTDOOR RECREATION
• Re-opening select indoor recreation facilities (eg, bowling alleys, skating rinks); indoor
playgrounds and trampoline parks should remain closed; and
• Indoor recreation to operate at lesser of 50 customers or 50% of facility capacity.
MUSEUMS
• Capacity limit of no more than 25% occupancy; and
• Guided tours should be limited to 50 or fewer people per group.
MEETINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS
• Limit to the lesser of 50 people or 50% of room capacity; and
• Multiple groups may meet in the same facility if they are socially-distanced and in separate rooms.
IDPH will continue to closely monitor test positivity, ICU bed availability, and the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19. Should data show regions trending in the wrong direction, based on the established mitigation metrics, regions could once again find themselves in a higher tier with increased measures.
Metrics for moving from a higher to lower tier are as follows:
Moving from Tier 3 to Tier 2
o Test positivity rate ≥ 8% and below 12% for three consecutive days (7-day average); AND
o Staffed ICU bed availability ≥ 20% for three consecutive days (7-day average); AND
o Sustained decline in COVID patients in hospital (7-day average for 7 of 10 days).
Moving from Tier 2 to Tier 1
o Test positivity rate between 6.5% and 8% for three consecutive days (7-day average); AND
o Staffed ICU bed availability ≥ 20% for three consecutive days (7-day average); AND
o No sustained increase in COVID patients in hospital (7-day average for 7 of 10 days).
Moving from Tier 1 to Phase 4
o Test positivity rate ≤ 6.5% for three consecutive days (7-day average); AND
o Staffed ICU bed availability ≥ 20% for three consecutive days (7-day average); AND
o No sustained increase in COVID patients in hospital (7-day average for 7 of 10 days).
Information about mitigation and resurgence metrics can be found on the IDPHwebsite at http://www.dph.illinois.gov/regionmetrics.