General Updates
Vermilion County was taken off the County Warning list as the last day they went by is the 24th, in which our positivity rate had dropped below 8%. HOWEVER…like I said earlier, one really bad day can ruin our rate when we are already vulnerable. On 10/27, our daily positivity rate was 12.2 and that put us back to 8.6%.
Being on a call with multiple hospitals and health departments yesterday, many hospitals are starting to look at capacity limits already. When we fill up our hospitals, we advance the burden on our healthcare system, our healthcare providers, and of course our community! Yes, this will end, but until it does we can’t let our guards down.
Region 6 (without UIUC tests) increased to 8.6% (ending 10/27). This officially puts us into Mitigation Measures – we anticipate this will begin on Monday, November 2nd.
Mitigation Measures (This is NOT Phase 3) – information is as we receive it and we will continue to send information as we get it.
TIER ONE Mitigations
We will have to operate under these measures until 14 days have passed and the region reaches a 7-day rolling positivity rate average of less than 6.5%. Vermilion County has a huge impact on our region so let’s get us back open as quickly as possible!!!
What does this mean and who does this affect?
