COVID-19 positivity rate keeps dropping in Kane County, but increase in new cases reported Monday

Illinois public officials on Monday reported 79 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths. There were 63 new cases reported Sunday.

Kane County has now seen 58,123 total cases of the virus and 770 people have died.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 110 consecutive days below 8%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 4.7%. Currently, 21% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity decreased to 5.8%, and DuPage County’s fell to 4.1%.

Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable 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 1,424 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths Monday. The IDPH received the results of 41,133 tests leading up to Monday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 2.8%.

Illinois now has seen 1,356,391 total cases of the virus, and 22,235 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 3,154 cases, 45,311 tested; 2,650 cases, 41,012 tested

60134 – 2,632 cases, 38,809 tested

60510 – 2,372 cases, 33,904 tested

60119 – 967 cases, 11,307 tested

60554 – 1,031 cases, 12,696 tested

60542 – 1,765 cases, 23,803 tested

60505 & 60506 – 8,897 cases, 73,906 tested; 6,694 cases, 81,571 tested

60123 – 5,696 cases, 67,989 tested

60177 – 2,810 cases, 40,989 tested

60124 – 2,331 cases, 25,984 tested