April 19, 2024
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More than 400 new COVID-19 cases, two new deaths reported in Kane County Sunday

KANE COUNTY – Illinois public officials on Sunday reported 408 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and two new deaths.

The deaths include a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s. Kane County has now seen 29,240 total cases of the virus and 416 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen five days of positivity increases and three days of hospital admission increases, a decrease in both metrics. The region's positivity rate decreased to 14.5%.

Currently, 16% of medical/surgical beds are available and 18% of ICU beds. Within the DuPage/Kane region, there are 75 available, staffed ICU beds out of 373 total.

Within the region, Kane County's seven-day rolling positivity average decreased from 17.1% to 16.4%. 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 reported 10,012 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 76 additional deaths Sunday. The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate decreased to 11.3%.

Illinois has seen 656,298 cases of the virus and 11,506 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code:

60174 & 60175 – 1,548 cases, 21,060; 1,271 cases, 18,335 tested

60134 – 1,262 cases, 17,021 tested

60510 – 1,122 cases, 16,555 tested

60119 – 430 cases, 5,105 tested

60554 – 416 cases, 5,712 tested

60542 – 826 cases, 10,178 tested

60505 & 60506 – 4,929 cases, 36,896 tested; 3,509 cases, 33,915 tested

60123 – 2,887 cases, 27,872 tested

60177 – 1,450 cases, 16,671 tested

60124 – 1,095 cases, 11,679 tested