Decrease in number of new COVID cases reported Monday in Kane County

KANE COUNTY – Illinois public officials on Monday reported 322 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and one new death, a man in his 60s.

That's a decrease from the 408 new cases reported on Sunday. Kane County has now seen 29,562 total cases of the virus and 417 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen four days of positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The region's positivity rate remained flat at 14.5%. Currently, 17% of medical/surgical beds are available and 19% of ICU beds. Within this region, Kane County's seven-day positivity average is at 16.7%, and DuPage County is at 13.2%.

Finally, within the DuPage/Kane region, there are 70 available, staffed ICU beds out of 373 total, a decrease of five from Sunday.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8,322 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 47 additional deaths Monday. The IDPH received the results of 91,562 tests leading up to Monday afternoon. The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate decreased from 11.3% to 10.9%.

Illinois has seen 664,620 cases of the virus and 11,552 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code:

60174 & 60175 – 1,573 cases, 21,352; 1,280 cases, 18,438 tested

60134 – 1,281 cases, 17,205 tested

60510 – 1,131 cases, 16,674 tested

60119 – 436 cases, 5,154 tested

60554 – 426 cases, 5,765 tested

60542 – 832 cases, 10,250 tested

60505 & 60506 – 4,990 cases, 37,449 tested; 3,531 cases, 34,200 tested

60123 – 2,910 cases, 28,295 tested

60177 – 1,466 cases, 16,798 tested

60124 – 1,115 cases, 11,805 tested