84 Coronavirus Deaths In Kane County During First 3 Weeks Of 2021

KANE COUNTY, IL — More than 80 Kane County residents died from COVID-19 during the first three weeks of 2021, with a second wave of the coronavirus still claiming dozens of lives each week nearly three months after its start.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases in Kane County started to skyrocket in mid-October, with that measure reaching its all-time high of 595 on Nov. 12, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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The county started to experience a corresponding surge in its seven-day average of COVID-19 deaths at the beginning of November, a trend that has yet to relent.

Since Nov. 1, 296 Kane County residents have died from coronavirus-related conditions, representing more than 45 percent of all deaths since the start of the pandemic, the state’s data shows.

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December was the county's deadliest month of the pandemic, with 131 residents dying from COVID-19, according to public health data. Kane County then started 2021 with its deadliest day, with 12 deaths recorded Jan. 1.

Public health officials have reported 75 COVID-19 deaths in Kane County in the three weeks since, taking the county’s death toll to 651 residents since last spring.

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Though coronavirus-related deaths have yet to substantially decline in Kane County, state officials have loosened some restrictions due to the recent large drops in the area’s positivity rate.

The positivity rate in Region 8 — made up of Kane and DuPage counties — stood at 7.9 percent Tuesday, the most recent day for which testing data is available. That’s the lowest it’s been since Oct. 14, according to IDPH statistics.

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Tier 2 mitigations went into effect Monday in Kane County after state officials loosened restrictions on gaming centers, casinos, indoor fitness classes and other activities. Indoor service at bars and restaurants remains banned under Tier 2 mitigations.

For Region 8 to move back to Tier 1 mitigations, it must post a positivity rate of less than 8 percent for three consecutive days, have more than 20 percent of its ICU beds available for three straight days, and experience no sustained increase in coronavirus-related hospitalizations.

As of Friday, the positivity rate in Region 8 has been under 8 percent for two days in a row, while the region has had more than 20 percent of its ICU beds available for 40 days, the state’s data shows.

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Coronavirus-related hospitalizations in Region 8 have decreased or remained stable for six of the past 10 days, one day short of the state’s threshold.

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