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New Kane County COVID-19 cases continue to remain under 200

One new death reported

By Kane County Chronicle staff report
Enrique Jones, (left) an HR Support site manager, and Adebayo Adeniyan, a phlebotomist from HR Support, take a sample from a patron on a cold Tuesday afternoon at the COVID-19 testing location in the parking lot at the Kishwaukee Family YMCA in Sycamore.

Enrique Jones, (left) an HR Support site manager, and Adebayo Adeniyan, a phlebotomist from HR Support, take a sample from a patron on a cold Tuesday afternoon at the COVID-19 testing location in the parking lot at the Kishwaukee Family YMCA in Sycamore. (Mark Busch)

Illinois public officials on Monday reported 176 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and one new death, a woman in her 80s. The case number is a small increase from the 162 new cases reported Sunday.

Kane County has now seen 44,266 total cases of the virus and 609 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen XX consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 10.4%. Currently, 22.8% of medical/surgical beds are available and 23.2% of ICU beds.

The region has 11 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and one day over the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 12.2%, and DuPage County is at 9.5%.

Finally, within the DuPage/Kane region, there are 81 available, staffed ICU beds out of 324 total and 367 ventilators available out of 581.

The positivity rate is the percentage of people who test positive out of all the people tested in a given time period. Additional restrictions can be placed on any of the state’s 11 health regions if the region sustains an increase in its average positivity rate for seven days out of a 10-day period.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,776 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 53 additional deaths Monday. The IDPH received the results of 66,697 tests leading up to Monday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 7.6%.

Illinois now has seen 1,033,526 total cases of the virus, and 17,627 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 2,342 cases, 30,517 tested; 2,018 cases, 28,859 tested

60134 – 1,873 cases, 24,496 tested

60510 – 1,657 cases, 21,916 tested

60119 – 685 cases, 7,126 tested

60554 – 722 cases, 7,861 tested

60542 – 1,309 cases, 14,228 tested

60505 & 60506 – 7,107 cases, 50,357 tested; 5,140 cases, 48,478 tested

60123 – 4,395 cases, 41,511 tested

60177 – 2,187 cases, 27,149 tested

60124 – 1,753 cases, 16,578 tested

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