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Kane County’s COVID-19 positivity rate down to 2% on Tuesday

Immediate Care Technician Randy Uidl waits to swab drive-thru patients for COVID-19 at the Northwest Medicine Huntley Hospital campus on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Huntley.

Illinois public officials on Tuesday reported 36 new cases of COVID-19 in Kane County and no new deaths.

Kane County has now seen 124,817 total cases of the virus and 1,105 people have died.

The West Suburban (DuPage and Kane counties) region’s positivity rate decreased to 2.0%. Currently, 28% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity rate decreased to 2.0%, and DuPage County’s stayed flat at 2.0%.

Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable 10 out of the past 10 days in this region. The region is down to 76 total COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

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 1,055 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional deaths Tuesday. The IDPH received the results of 54,834 tests leading up to Tuesday afternoon.

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

Illinois now has seen 3,040,861 total cases of the virus, and 32,978 people have died.