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Just six new COVID-19 cases reported in Kane County Monday

No additional deaths reported

By Kane County Chronicle staff report

Betty Haseman, 85, reacts as she receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at her Crystal Lake home from nurse Jen Weith during a mobile in-home vaccine clinic on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Nurses from the McHenry County Department of Health traveled to private homes to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to residents. (Ryan Rayburn for Shaw Media/Ryan Rayburn for Shaw Media)

Illinois public officials on Monday reported six new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths. There were 13 new cases reported Sunday.

Kane County has now seen 59,306 total cases of the virus and 799 people have died.

The West Suburban (DuPage and Kane counties) region’s positivity rate decreased to 1.9%. Currently, 27% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity decreased to 1.9%, and DuPage County’s decreased to 1.8%.

Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable 10 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 244 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 14 additional deaths Monday. The IDPH received the results of 27,348 tests leading up to Monday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 1.1%.

Illinois now has seen 1,385,489 total cases of the virus, and 22,963 people have died.

Cases and testing are counted by zip code.

Several municipalities in Kane County share the same zip code.

60174 & 60175 – 3,228 cases, 47,753 tested; 2,707 cases, 42,807 tested

60134 – 2,671 cases, 41,041 tested

60510 – 2,398 cases, 35,774 tested

60119 – 982 cases, 11,899 tested

60554 – 1,048 cases, 13,469 tested

60542 – 1,791 cases, 26,418 tested

60505 & 60506 – 9,051 cases, 77,727 tested; 6,800 cases, 87,317 tested

60123 – 5,839 cases, 73,707 tested

60177 – 2,861 cases, 43,001 tested

60124 – 2,386 cases, 28,020 tested

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