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Coronavirus positivity rates and hospitalizations are continuing to rise in several Illinois health care regions, but intensive care unit bed availability is beginning to increase in others.
Several regions in southern Illinois, including Region 4, are still seeing elevated positivity rates this week. According to the latest statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health, that region, located near St. Louis, has a positivity rate of 7.6%. That number has continued to rise in recent weeks, and is the highest in the state. Our redesigned local news and weather app is live! Download it for iOS or Android
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Chatham resident Edrika Fulford knows what it’s like to be homeless. After quitting her job as a family case manager to take care of her ailing mother, Fulford became homeless in 2015. She had by that point lost her mother as well.
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“When I experienced homelessness, I was just dumbfounded,” she said. “I got a college degree. I know this is not supposed to be happening. I was wandering, I was sleeping on the train, and I would get up and wash up like in McDonald’s or White Castle – whatever little restaurant.”
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Areas of western and southern Illinois are seeing increases in positivity rates and coronavirus-related hospitalizations in recent weeks, continuing a recent trend that’s seeing COVID metrics slowly on the rise in many areas.
In Region 4, located near St. Louis in southwestern Illinois, the positivity rate has more than quadrupled in the last month, rising from 1.8% on June 11 to 7.5% on July 10, according to metrics from IDPH. Don t miss local breaking news and weather! Download our mobile app for iOS or Android and sign up for alerts.
A recent trend of increases in COVID hospitalizations has eased in recent days, with the number of hospitalizations remaining steady or decreasing on four of the previous five days, and ICU bed availability has also steadied after a decline earlier this month, with 31% of the region’s ICU beds currently available.
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