Small increase in COVID-19 cases in Kane County Monday

Illinois public officials on Monday reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths. That’s a small increase from the 38 new cases reported Sunday.

Kane County has now seen 51,287 total cases of the virus and 723 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 47 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate increased to 4.6%. Currently, 30% of ICU beds are available.

The region has 85 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 4.9% and DuPage County is at 4.5%.

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 1,182 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths Monday. The IDPH received the results of 39,636 tests leading up to Monday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 2.3%.

Illinois now has seen 1,199,517 total cases of the virus, and 20,767 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 2,759 cases, 38,259 tested; 2,333 cases, 36,374 tested

60134 – 2,265 cases, 31,457 tested

60510 – 2,009 cases, 28,011 tested

60119 – 823 cases, 9,200 tested

60554 – 896 cases, 10,202 tested

60542 – 1,517 cases, 19,180 tested

60505 & 60506 – 8,006 cases, 61,807 tested; 5,851 cases, 64,687 tested

60123 – 5,079 cases, 53,838 tested

60177 – 2,499 cases, 34,480 tested

60124 – 2,062 cases, 21,208 tested