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A Bridge to Phase 5
As more of our residents receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Illinois will operate with a metrics-based pathway toward the fifth and final phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan, in which all sectors of the economy reopen with businesses and recreation resuming normal operations, and where conventions, festivals, and large events can take place.
Following recommendations from public health experts, Illinois will move forward with a dial-like approach between the mitigations in Phase 4 and the post-pandemic new normal of Phase 5. This Bridge to Phase 5 will allow for higher capacity limits and increased business operations, before public health experts tell us it is safe to move to the new normal that Phase 5 will bring.
Like the prior evidenced-based approaches to deliberately lift mitigations that have kept us safe and saved lives, this gradual path to Phase 5 will protect the progress we’ve made while allowing us to reopen the economy.
Once 70% of residents 65 and older have been vaccinated and barring any reversals in our COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for a 28-day monitoring period, the Bridge to Phase 5 will begin with increased capacity limits in both indoor and outdoor settings. Once 50% of residents 16 and older have been vaccinated and stable or declining COVID-19 metrics are recorded during a 28-day monitoring period, Phase 5 will be implemented, removing capacity limits altogether. All regions of the state will move through these next phases together based on statewide metrics.
While regulations are rolled back gradually, Illinoisans should continue following the public health guidelines that have kept us safe during the pandemic, like wearing a mask in public and social distancing.
| SETTING | PHASE 4 | BRIDGE | PHASE 5 |
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Dining
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Seated areas: Patrons ≥ 6 feet apart; parties ≤ 10 Standing areas: 25% capacity |
Seated areas: Patrons ≥ 6 feet apart; parties ≤ 10 Standing areas: 30% capacity indoors; 50% capacity outdoors |
No Capacity Limits |
| Health and fitness | 50% capacity Group fitness classes of 50 or fewer indoors or 100 or fewer outdoors * |
60% capacity Group fitness classes of 50 or fewer indoors or 100 or fewer outdoors. |
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| Offices | 50% capacity | 60% capacity | |
| Personal care | 50% capacity | 60% capacity | |
| Retail and service counter | 50% capacity | 60% capacity | |
| Amusement parks | 25% capacity* | 60% capacity | |
Festivals and general admission outdoor spectator events |
15 people per 1,000 sq. ft. * | 30 people per 1,000 sq. ft. | |
| Flea and farmers markets | 25% capacity or 15 people per 1,000 sq. ft. | Indoor: 15 people per 1,000 sq. ft. Outdoor: 30 people per 1,000 sq.ft. |
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| Film production | 50% capacity | 60% capacity | |
Meetings, conferences,and conventions |
Venue with capacity < 200 persons: Lesser of 50 people or 50% capacity * Venue with capacity ≥ 200 persons: Lesser of 250 people or 25% capacity * |
Lesser of 1,000 people or 60% capacity | |
| Museums | 25% capacity | 60% capacity |
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| Recreation | Indoor: Lesser of 50 people or 50% capacity Outdoor: Maximum groups of 50; multiple groups permissible |
Indoor: Lesser of 100 people or 50% capacity Outdoor: Maximum groups of 100; multiple groups permissible |
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| Social events | Indoor: Lesser of 50 people or 50% capacity * Outdoor: Lesser of 100 people or 50% capacity * |
Indoor: 250 people Outdoor: 500 people |
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| Spectator events(ticketed and seated) | Indoor venue with capacity < 200 people: Lesser of 50 people or 50% capacity * Outdoor venue or indoor venue with capacity ≥ 200 people: 25% capacity * |
60% capacity | |
| Theaters and performing arts | Indoor venue with capacity < 200 persons: Lesser of 50 people or 50% capacity Outdoor venue or indoor venue with capacity ≥ 200 people: 25% capacity * |
60% capacity | |
| Zoos | 25% capacity Lesser of 50 or 50% at indoor exhibits |
60% capacity |
* Denotes expanded activity in Phase 4 ^ Capacity applied for event sized above the capacity limits allowed for social events
Metrics to move forward
COVID-19 metrics: The state could advance if there is a non-increasing trend in hospital admissions for COVID-19 like illness or COVID-19 patients in the hospital and ICU bed availability remains greater than or equal to 20%. IDPH will continue to monitor mortality, but it will not be a metric used to determine moving through the phases. The state will also consider new knowledge of variants, vaccine effectiveness and the potential necessity of a booster shot as we move forward.
Metrics to move backward
The state could revert to a previous phase if there is a resurgence of the virus, measured by an increasing trend in our case rate and one of the following:
- Hospital admissions for COVID-19 like illness trend increasing and above 150 daily average
- COVID-19 patients in the hospital trend increasing and above 750 daily census
- Mortality rate trend increasing and above 0.1 daily average
- ICU bed availability < 20%
Metrics will be measured over a 10-day monitoring period.