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Kane County’s COVID-19 positivity rate continues to decrease

Seven-day positivity average decreases from 3.8% to 3.7%

By Kane County Chronicle staff report

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and one new death, a man in his 70s.

That is a slight increase from the 71 cases reported Saturday. Kane County has now seen 50,746 total cases of the virus and 717 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 39 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate decreased from 3.6% to 3.5%. Currently, 29% of ICU beds are available.

The region has 77 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average decreased from 3.8% to 3.7% and DuPage County’s dropped from 3.5% to 3.4%.

Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for eight out of the last 10 days in this region.

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 1,249 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional deaths Sunday. The state received the results of 66,500 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday afternoon.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate remained the same at 2.4%.

Illinois has seen 1,186,696 total cases of the virus and 20,516 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 2,726 cases, 37,557 tested; 2,299 cases, 35,699 tested

60134 – 2,219 cases, 30,559 tested

60510 – 1,981 cases, 27,371 tested

60119 – 812 cases, 8,933 tested

60554 – 882 cases, 9,911 tested

60542 – 1,495 cases, 18,614 tested

60505 & 60506 – 7,922 cases, 60,345 tested; 5,815 cases, 62,841 tested

60123 – 5,028 cases, 52,428 tested

60177 – 2,478 cases, 33,744 tested

60124 – 2,036 cases, 20,645 tested

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