With indoor dining returning throughout parts of the Chicago area there is new attention on the state’s system for managing COVID mitigations.
In August the state moved to a system using tiers aimed at giving regions more flexibility. There are three levels between what was previously called phase 3 and phase 4. If key metrics of the coronavirus outbreak — such as test positivity, hospitalizations and available hospital capacity — get better or worse, a region can move forward or backward.
Here is where the regions stand and what is allowed under the guidelines.
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Sources: State of Illinois Department of Public Health, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Chicago Tribune reporting
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