Two additional COVID-19 deaths reported in Kane County Friday

Illinois public officials on Friday reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and two new deaths, a woman in her 70s and a man in his 90s. There were 13 new cases reported Thursday.

Kane County has now seen 59,372 total cases of the virus and 802 people have died.

The West Suburban (DuPage and Kane counties) region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 1.6%. Currently, 28% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity stayed flat at 1.8%, and DuPage County’s decreased to 1.4%.

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 401 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional deaths Friday. The IDPH received the results of 39,661 tests leading up to Friday afternoon.

According to the IDPH, the rolling seven-day positivity rate average in the state is 1.0%.

Illinois now has seen 1,387,029 total cases of the virus, and 23,035 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, 48,059 tested; 2,709 cases, 43,005 tested

60134 – 2,673 cases, 41,276 tested

60510 – 2,402 cases, 35,968 tested

60119 – 984 cases, 11,971 tested

60554 – 1,050 cases, 13,565 tested

60542 – 1,792 cases, 26,590 tested

60505 & 60506 – 9,062 cases, 78,296 tested; 6,806 cases, 87,915 tested

60123 – 5,843 cases, 74,334 tested

60177 – 2,867 cases, 43,220 tested

60124 – 2,395 cases, 28,252 tested