April 19, 2024
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Daily COVID-19 cases back up in Kane County Wednesday

No new deaths reported

By KANE COUNTY

Shoppers wear face masks as they leave a Walmart store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, July 30, 2020. Many retail stores are requiring customers to wear face masks inside all of their stores where local governments do not require it amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, limited enforcement, at Walmart avoids physical confrontations with customers who refuse to wear mask. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y)

KANE COUNTY – Illinois public health officials on Wednesday reported 74 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths.

That is an increase from the 59 new cases reported on Tuesday. The total number of cases in the county is now 12,790. The number of COVID-19 deaths in Kane County remains at 325.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen one day of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate remained flat at 5.5%. Currently, 33% of medical/surgical beds are available and 43% 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 on Wednesday reported 1,848 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional deaths.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate remained flat at 3.5%. The state received the results of 46,391 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday afternoon.

Illinois now has seen 279,114 total cases of the virus, and 8,508 people have died.

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

60174 & 60175 – 546 cases, 10,778 tested; 443 cases, 9,329 tested

60134 – 464 cases, 8,401 tested

60510 – 344 cases, 8,929 tested

60119 – 113 cases, 2,602 tested

60554 – 136 cases, 3,144 tested

60542 – 338 cases, 5,833 tested

60505 & 60506 – 2,651 cases, 21,118 tested; 1,701 cases, 20,320 tested

60123 – 1,441 cases, 16,432 tested

60177 – 606 cases, 7,463 tested