Yesterday, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that Region 8 (DuPage and Kane) moved into Tier 1 effective January 26, 2021.
Mitigation measures have been revised as follows:
RESTAURANTS AND BARS
- Indoor service limited to the lesser of 25 guests or 25% capacity per room
- Establishments offering indoor service must serve food
- All bar and restaurant patrons should be seated at tables
- No ordering, seating, or congregating at bar (bar stools should be removed)
- Tables should be 6 feet apart
- No standing or congregating indoors or outdoors while waiting for a table or exiting
ORGANIZED GROUP RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES (fitness centers, sports, etc.)
- Sports should follow the mitigation measures set forth in the All Sports Guidance, which outlines appropriate levels of practice and competition based on individual sport risk
- Face coverings must be worn at all times in fitness centers, including while engaged in individual exercise regardless of person or machine spacing
- Recreation, fitness centers and outdoor activities (not included in the above exposure settings) follow Phase 4 guidance
MEETINGS AND SOCIAL EVENTS (including weddings, funerals, potlucks, etc.)
- Limit to lesser of 25 guests or 25% of overall room capacity both indoors and outdoors
- Applicable to professional, cultural and social group gatherings.
- Not applicable to students participating in-person classroom learning, or sports.
- This does not reduce the overall facility capacity dictated by general Phase 4 business guidance such as office, personal care, retail, etc.
IDPH continues to closely monitor test positivity, ICU bed availability, and the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19. Should data show Region 8 begin trending in the wrong direction, based on the established mitigation metrics, Itasca could once again find itself in a higher tier with increased measures.
Information about which tier and phase regions are in can be found at the top of the IDPH website homepage.