Region 6 will have to match all three metrics Thursday to advance to the less-restrictive Phase 4, which allows for gatherings of up to 50 people. ... Wednesday's new 7-day positivity rates: Champaign County, 5.5% (no change); Douglas, 4.7% (-1.0%); Ford, 6.3% (-0.7%); Iroquois, 5.9% (-0.4%); Piatt, 5.5% (-0.2%); Vermilion, 8.7% (no change); Region 6, 6.4% (-0.1%).
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Region 6 hospitalizations remain unchanged overnight, meaning Friday is the soonest the area could advance to Phase 4, under which gatherings up to 50 people are allowed.
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"We've got a lot of work to do within the next 72 hours," Phoenix Theaters CEO Phil Zacheretti said. "We should be ready by Friday."
With its seven-day positivity rate falling below 8 percent for the past three days, it's more likely that Region 6 would advance to Tier 1 (limited indoor dining) than Tier 2 (no indoor dining) Monday. Both scenarios require the region's hospitalization total going down Monday and its other numbers holding.
Last semester's totals: 2,700 students reported for COVID violations, 50 students dismissed, 11 organizations sanctioned.
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Region 6's next chance to advance could come as soon as Monday. While tiers 2 and 3 include many of the same restrictions, advancing would move Region 6 one step closer to Tier 1, which will include limited indoor dining, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced.
Sign-ups are now underway for Champaign County’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics next week.
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To move from Tier 2 to 1, regions must meet the exact same requirements needed to get from Tier 3 to 2 all over again. ... Friday's new 7-day positivity rates: Champaign County, 6.6% (unchanged); Douglas, 10.4% (-0.1%); Ford, 7.8% (-0.3%); Iroquois, 8.1% (-0.6%); Piatt, 6.8% (+0.3%); Vermilion, 9.0% (-0.4%); UI campus, 0.3% (-0.1%); Region 6, 7.9% (-0.4%); State, 6.5% (-0.3%).
Heading into the weekend, 33 Champaign County residents were hospitalized with COVID-19, three more than the day before, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
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5.6% of the eligible (16-and-over) population in Champaign County has now received the first dose. ... 963, or 0.6%, have received both doses ... More new positive tests at the Danville prison, where active cases among inmates were up by seven, to 140. Over the past two months, 857 inmates and staff have recovered from cases, with 152 still considered active.
The statewide seven-day rolling COVID-19 case positivity rate decreased slightly on Thursday to 6.8 percent, remaining below 8 percent for a sixth consecutive day.
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Hospitalizations have now fallen for three straight days in Region 6. Two more days like that could mean the end of Tier 3 mitigations for East Central Illinois. ... Wednesday's new 7-day county positivity rates: Champaign, 7.3% (-0.3%); Douglas, 10.7% (+0.4%); Ford, 8.5% (+1.2%); Iroquois, 9.4% (-0.1%); Piatt, 7.0% (-0.4%); Vermilion, 9.4% (0.5%).
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“It’s scary. It’s painful. You can’t breathe,” Champaign attorney Gail Rogers says. “It’s a scary feeling when you can’t breathe. I’ve never felt anything like that.”
'I’m just trying to prove a point that this whole thing is ridiculous.'
A new part of our twice-daily updates: the latest vaccine data for area counties, as provided by the state: Champaign County, 7,327 residents have received first dose, 499 both doses, 0.24% of county fully vaccinated ... Douglas, 586, 20, 0.10% .... Ford, 421, 62, 0.47% ... Iroquois, 1,113, 231, 0.84% ... Piatt, 713, 43, 0.26% ... Vermilion, 1,015, 42, 0.05%.
Parents at Monday’s rally referred to the two hours each afternoon as a “study hall,” and the schools originally called it “support.”
Monday's new 7-day positivity rates: Champaign County, 7.4% (-0.1%) ... DeWitt, 15.5% (-0.4%) ... Douglas, 11.2% (-0.6%) ... Ford, 7.4% (-0.8%) ... Iroquois, 9.7% (+0.2%) ... Piatt, 7.1% (+0.2%) ... Vermilion, 9.7% (-2.2%) ... UI campus, 0.5% (—) ... State, 7.6% (-0.3%).
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