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More than 175 new COVID-19 cases reported in Kane County Friday after big drop Thursday

No additional deaths reported

By Kane County Chronicle staff report

Candace H. Johnson-for Shaw Media Brittany Anderson, of Elgin, medical assistant with Doctors Test Centers, gives a Covid-19 vaccination to Salvador Pozos, of Round Lake during a vaccination event at the Schreiber Center for Human Services in Round Lake. (Candace H.Johnson)

Illinois public officials on Friday reported 177 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths. There were 62 cases reported Thursday.

Kane County has now seen 57,921 total cases of the virus and 769 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 107 consecutive days below 8%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 5.0%. Currently, 21% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity decreased to 5.9%, and DuPage County’s stayed flat at 4.5%.

Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable seven 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 3,321 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 36 additional deaths Friday. The IDPH received the results of 101,005 tests leading up to Friday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 3.1%.

Illinois now has seen 1,351,497 total cases of the virus, and 22,171 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 3,142 cases, 45,071 tested; 2,637 cases, 40,809 tested

60134 – 2,628 cases, 38,535 tested

60510 – 2,360 cases, 33,640 tested

60119 – 961 cases, 11,241 tested

60554 – 1,026 cases, 12,586 tested

60542 – 1,759 cases, 23,647 tested

60505 & 60506 – 8,872 cases, 73,540 tested; 6,674 cases, 80,927 tested

60123 – 5,672 cases, 67,342 tested

60177 – 2,805 cases, 40,627 tested

60124 – 2,322 cases, 25,758 tested

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