April 16, 2024
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Dramatic decrease in COVID-19 cases reported Sunday in Kane County

No new deaths reported

By KANE COUNTY

A MABAS tent is erected outside the Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital emergency room on March 16. (Sandy Bressner)

KANE COUNTY – Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths.

That is a huge decrease from the 176 new cases reported on Saturday. The total number of cases in the county is now 13,092. The number of COVID-19 deaths in Kane County is 326.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen two days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate remained flat at 5.3%. Currently, 28% of medical/surgical beds are available and 39% 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 Sunday reported 1,604 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 additional deaths.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate rose slightly from 3.6% to 3.7%. The state received the results of 50,822 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday afternoon.

Illinois now has seen 287,930 total cases of the virus, and 8,601 people have died.

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

60174 & 60175 – 562 cases, 11,374 tested; 454 cases, 9,673 tested

60134 – 476 cases, 8,792 tested

60510 – 351 cases, 9,431 tested

60119 – 121 cases, 2,730 tested

60554 – 139 cases, 3,280 tested

60542 – 348 cases, 6,051 tested

60505 & 60506 – 2,687 cases, 21,875 tested; 1,721 cases, 20,890 tested

60123 – 1,473 cases, 16,930 tested

60177 – 626 cases, 8,047 tested