IDPH: Region that includes Springfield has 20 ICU beds available

The region covering Springfield and Sangamon County had just 20 intensive care unit beds available Friday, according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.More than 88% — the highest rate of any of the state’s public health regions — of the 18-county region’s 170 ICU beds are in use as area hospitals continue to grapple with a post-Halloween surge in COVID-19 patients.New case numbers have been trending downward in […]