April 16, 2024
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Small decline in number of new COVID-19 cases in Kane County Friday

No new deaths reported

By KANE COUNTY

Nurse Melissa Bailey collects a sample at DeKalb Regional Medical Center's drive thru COVID-19 testing site on Thursday, July 16, 2020 in Fort Payne, Ala. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) (C.B. Schmelter)

KANE COUNTY – Illinois public health officials on Friday reported 72 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths.

That is a decrease from the 92 new cases reported on Thursday. The total number of cases in the county is now 12,444. The number of COVID-19 deaths in Kane County remains at 325.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases, an increase in both metrics. The region's positivity rate increased to 5.5%. Currently, 33% of medical/surgical beds are available and 41% of ICU beds.

The positivity rate is the percentage of people who test positive out of all the people tested in a given time period. The Illinois Department of Public Health will monitor if these indicators show an increase in COVID-19 disease burden with a simultaneous decrease in hospital capacity or if there are three consecutive days greater than or equal to 8% test positivity rate (7 day rolling).

These indicators can be used to determine whether additional community mitigation interventions are needed for a region to control the further spread of COVID-19.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,120 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 20 additional deaths Friday.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate remained at 3.6%. The state received the results of 61,918 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Friday afternoon.

Illinois now has seen 270,327 total cases of the virus and 8,411 people have died.

Cases and testing count by zip code. Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code:

60174 & 60175 – 526 cases, 10,152 tested; 427 cases, 8,554 tested

60134 – 438 cases, 7,958 tested

60510 – 339 cases, 8,467 tested

60119 – 110 cases, 2,458 tested

60554 – 125 cases, 2,977 tested

60542 – 328 cases, 5,641 tested

60505 & 60506 – 2,606 cases, 20,553 tested; 1,672 cases, 19,519 tested

60123 – 1,398 cases, 15,861 tested

60177 – 592 cases, 7,096 tested