No major change in COVID numbers for Will County hospitals

Over all, cases of COVID-19 have dropped since Friday.

Here are the numbers as of Tuesday.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox is caring for 76 COVID-19-positive patients and two awaiting test results, according to Silver Cross. In addition,15 patients are in the intensive care unit and six are on ventilators.

On Monday, Silver Cross had 77 COVID-19-positive patients, 17 patients in the ICU and eight on ventilators, Silver Cross said.

AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet is caring for 57 COVID-19-positive inpatients and has 11 people awaiting test results, said Timothy A. Nelson, spokesman for AMITA Health.

On Monday, Saint Joseph had 63 COVID-19-positive inpatients, Nelson said.

AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Bolingbrook is caring for 24 COVID-19-positive inpatients and has four people awaiting test results, Nelson said.

On Monday, Bolingbrook had 25 COVID-19-positive inpatients, Nelson said.

Edward Hospital is treating 79 inpatients with confirmed cases of COVID-19. One inpatient with a confirmed case of COVID-19 has died over the past 24 hours, said Keith Hartenberger, system director and public relations for Edward-Elmhurst Health.

Sixteen inpatients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 were discharged from Edward Hospital over the past 24 hours, Hartenberger said.

On Monday, Edward Hospital was treating 74 inpatients with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Edward Hospital's sister hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, is treating 53 inpatients with COVID-19. One inpatient with COVID-19 has died over the past 24 hours.

Eleven inpatients with a confirmed case of COVID-19 was discharged from Elmhurst Hospital over the past 24 hours, Hartenberger said.

On Monday, Elmhurst Hospital, was treating 47 inpatients with COVID-19.

On Tuesday, the South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has 18.2 % of its medical/surgical beds available and 18.3 % of ICU beds. The state's minimum threshold is 20%, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

According to the IDPH, 28 out of 162 staffed ICU beds are available.

Health care consultant Jeffrey R. Softcheck said in a Nov. 19 Herald-News storythat the situation becomes critical once a region reaches 10% of available beds.

Once a hospital's capacity becomes really low, hospitals may have to make critical decisions on who does and does not receive care, he said.