DuPage County reports 407 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

The DuPage County Health Department on Thursday reported 407 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 5 deaths: 1 man in his 50s, 1 woman in her 60s, 1 man in his 60s, 1 man in his 70s and 1 woman in her 90s.

It was the third consecutive day with fewer than 500 new cases reported.

The county now has seen a total of 54,981 coronavirus cases including 863 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of Dec. 8 was 97.2.%.

By town, Wheaton has had 2,903 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,052, Lombard 2,817, Villa Park 1,674, Hinsdale 811, Westmont 1,345, Darien 1,079, Woodridge 1,710, Downers Grove 2,428, Elmhurst 2,764, Warrenville 876 and Winfield 659. Addison has had 3,480 confirmed cases, Naperville 4,695, Carol Stream 2,966 and West Chicago 3,084.

The health department provides further information on its data dashboard for COVID-19-related hospitalizations, deaths, lab positivity and outbreak-associated counts by municipality. This additional information replaces the information that was previously provided daily in this format.

Information is also available for COVID-19 cases and deaths among DuPage County residents by race, ethnicity, severity, long-term care facility outcomes, underlying medical conditions and doubling time. Visit the DuPage County COVID-19 Dashboard at www.dupagehealth.org/covid19data.

Individual long-term care facility outbreak updates are provided on the Illinois Department of Public Health website.