Chicago-Area Counties Approach ‘High Community Levels' of COVID as Cases, Hospitalizations Rise - NBC Chicago

According to the CDC, a county will be considered at a “high community level” of COVID-19 if it is seeing more than 200 new weekly COVID cases per 100,000 residents, and if it is seeing either 10 or more new COVID admissions per 100,000 residents per week, or if it is seeing 10% or greater hospital bed use by COVID patients.

There, 367.34 new weekly cases per 100,000 residents are being reported, and 9.8 new COVID admissions per 100,000 residents per week are also being reported.

Kankakee County, which just this week moved into the “medium” range as it reported 222.1 new weekly cases per 100,000 residents, could soon follow suit and jump into the “high” range, as its hospital admissions are now up to 8.8 per week per 100,000 residents.

New Weekly COVID Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 8.1

New Weekly COVID Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 9.8

New Weekly COVID Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 7.8

New Weekly COVID Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 8.8

New Weekly COVID Admissions Per 100,000 Residents: 7.1