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I've seen misinfo about @GovPritzker unfreezing all regions of the state from Tier III mitigations. Going from Tier III to Tier II does *not* mean indoor dining is allowed. Indoor dining isn't allowed til a region gets back to "Phase 4," meaning it's out of Tier I mitigations.
All regions of IL have been in Tier III mitigations since Nov 20 (so places like movie theatres/bowling alleys have been closed/gyms can't do group fitness classes). But way before then, regions of the state triggered Tier I mitigations in Oct/early Nov, shuttering indoor dining.
On Nov 30, @GovPritzker froze all regions at Tier III, now allowing them to go from Tier III to Tier II (which again, would not open up indoor dining). It wasn't an issue for a while but then some regions started actually meeting metrics to go to Tier II. On Friday he'll unfreeze
How does a region go from Tier III down to Tier II? Meet these metrics.
How many regions currently meet metrics to escape Tier III to Tier II? Only three (last week it was six https://twitter.com/hannahmeisel/status/1347112342958583809?s=20) - Region 2, Region 3 and Region 7.
Anyway, here's the regional positivity (7-day avg) as of Jan 8 (individual charts in next tweets)
Region 1- 9.4%
Region 2- 9.1%
Region 3- 7.7%
Region 4- 11.9%
Region 5- 9.9%
Region 6- 9.4%
Region 7- 11.1%
Region 8- 10.4%
Region 9- 10.0%
Region 10- 10.0%
Region 11- 10.3%
Region 1- 9.4%
Region 2- 9.1%
Region 3- 7.7%
Region 4- 11.9%
Region 5- 9.9%
Region 6- 9.4%
Region 7- 11.1%
Region 8- 10.4%
Region 9- 10.0%
Region 10- 10.0%
Region 11- 10.3%
Region 1- 9.4%
Region 2- 9.1%
Region 3- 7.7%
Region 4- 11.9%
Region 2- 9.1%
Region 3- 7.7%
Region 4- 11.9%
Region 5- 9.9%
Region 6- 9.4%
Region 7- 11.1%
Region 8- 10.4%
Region 6- 9.4%
Region 7- 11.1%
Region 8- 10.4%
Region 9- 10.0%
Region 10- 10.0%
Region 11- 10.3%
Region 10- 10.0%
Region 11- 10.3%
So how would a region get back to Phase 4-no mitigations...which would allow indoor dining?
Get back below 6.5% positivity for three days in a row and have healthy hospital bed/ICU capacity. That's a while off. Glad this story was corrected (tho Google cache still has it wrong)
Get back below 6.5% positivity for three days in a row and have healthy hospital bed/ICU capacity. That's a while off. Glad this story was corrected (tho Google cache still has it wrong)
And a little entertained my random tweets were used as a correction without me ever knowing about it. (the headline cache'd here is also still wrong, despite it being corrected on the website) https://chicago.eater.com/2021/1/7/22217796/illinois-indoor-dining-coronavirus-tier-3-resume
