Illinois Phase 4 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Almost all of Illinois was allowed to loosen certain restrictions this week after state health officials changed the guidelines to move between tiers and phases. The state's health department announced that due to a change in staffing contracts, which increases hospital staffing across the state, the hospital bed availability metric used in determining a region's tier or phase will now only include ICU beds, not all hospital beds available in the region. With that change, several regions in the Chicago area were placed under Tier 2, including the region that holds Chicago. "There had been s...

Household gatherings Indoor fitness classes Meetings, events and gatherings (excluding inperson school or sports) Limit to 10 guests indoors and outdoors Offices Organized group recreational activities (fitness centers, sports, etc.) Limit to lesser of 25 guests or 25% overall capacity indoors and outdoors Sports follow measures in the All Sport Guidelines Tier 1: Bars and restaurants No tables exceeding 4 people indoors Suspend indoor service if not serving food Outdoor, delivery and takeout service continues under updated hours Cultural institutions Gaming and casinos Hotels Household gathe...