The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Region 8, including DuPage and Kane Counties, moved to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan, effective this week. Now, all four Aurora counties, including Will County in Region 7 and Kendall County in Region 2, are in Phase 4.
Restaurants and bars
• Indoor dining and drinking are permitted for parties of up to 10 persons;
• Seated areas should be arranged so that tables allow for six feet between parties; impermeable barriers may be installed between booths which are less than six feet apart.
Meetings and social events
• Limit to the lesser of 50 persons or 50% of room capacity;
• Multiple groups may meet in the same facility if they are socially-distanced and in separate rooms.
Retail and service counter
• Continue capacity limit of no more than 50% occupancy.
Personal care
• Continue capacity limit of no more than 50% occupancy;
Indoor/outdoor recreation
• Reopening select indoor recreation facilities (e.g., bowling alleys, skating rinks); indoor playgrounds and trampoline parks should remain closed;
• Indoor recreation to operate at lesser of 50 customers or 50% of facility capacity.
Museums
• Capacity limit of no more than 25% occupancy;
• Guided tours should be limited to 50 or fewer persons per group.
The metrics to move from tier 1 to phase 4:
• Test positivity rate ≤ 6.5% for three consecutive days (seven-day average); and
• Staffed ICU bed availability ≥ 20% for three consecutive days (seven-day average); and
• No sustained increase in COVID patients in hospital (seven-day average for seven of 10 days)
View Phase 4 updated guidelines for all industries: bit.ly/3esXCwW
—City of Aurora government