Kane County COVID-19 positivity rate continues to inch up on Thursday

Illinois public officials on Thursday reported 157 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths.

Kane County has now seen 53,949 total cases of the virus and 745 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 78 consecutive days below 8%. The region’s positivity rate increased to 7.1%. Currently, 33% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average increased to 7.8% and DuPage County’s increased to 6.7%.

Hospitalizations have increased nine out of the past 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 3,739 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 34 additional deaths Thursday. The IDPH received the results of 97,741 tests leading up to Thursday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 4.2%.

Illinois now has seen 1,269,196 total cases of the virus, and 21,457 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 2,922 cases, 41,747 tested; 2,470 cases, 38,572 tested

60134 – 2,433 cases, 34,314 tested

60510 – 2,185 cases, 30,712 tested

60119 – 879 cases, 10,109 tested

60554 – 958 cases, 11,343 tested

60542 – 1,627 cases, 21,270 tested

60505 & 60506 – 8,391 cases, 67,552 tested; 6,185 cases, 72,104 tested

60123 – 5,260 cases, 59,986 tested

60177 – 2,616 cases, 37,030 tested

60124 – 2,171 cases, 23,236 tested