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102 Coronavirus Deaths, 7,757 Cases In Kane County Since Dec. 1
Kane County experienced its deadliest week of the pandemic from Dec. 10-16, though its positivity rate and new cases dropped significantly.
KANE COUNTY, IL — More than 100 Kane County residents have died since the start of December after contracting the coronavirus, public health data shows.
The county experienced its deadliest week of the pandemic this month, with 41 residents dying from Dec. 10-16, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health. That matches Kane County’s previous record weekly death toll set in mid-May.
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Though the average number of coronavirus-related deaths has fallen from that peak, December is still on pace to be Kane County’s deadliest month of the pandemic, with 102 COVID-19 deaths recorded through the first 23 days of the month.
May was the county's deadliest month of the pandemic, with 123 deaths from coronavirus-related conditions, according to IDPH statistics.
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As of Wednesday, Kane County’s death toll stood at 535. More than half of those deaths — 286 — have been linked to long-term-care facilities in the county, the state’s data shows.
IDPH statistics indicate a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is subsiding in the county after new cases hit record levels in November.
Public health officials have reported 7,757 new cases during the first 23 days of December. The 4,253 new coronavirus cases in Kane County from Dec. 9-22 is down nearly 20 percent from the 5,306 cases reported over the prior two-week period.
Kane County has recorded 39,712 confirmed coronavirus cases, as of Wednesday.
Kane County's seven-day average of new cases hit its highest point of the pandemic Nov. 12 — at 595 cases — but fell to about 270 on Tuesday. That's the lowest it's been Oct. 30.
All 11 coronavirus-management regions in Illinois are under Tier 3 restrictions, which require some non-essential businesses to close and many stores to enforce capacity limits, in addition to indoor-service bans at bars and restaurants.
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A region can move back to Tier 2 mitigations if its positivity rate drops below 12 percent for three consecutive days, if it has more than 20 percent of hospital beds open, and if it sees a sustained drop in hospitalizations for coronavirus-related illnesses.
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The positivity rate in Region 8, made up of Kane and DuPage counties, has been under 12 percent for 10 straight days as of Dec. 20, the most recent day for which testing data is available.
Kane County’s positivity rate fell from an all-time high of 18.4 percent Nov. 13 to 11.5 percent Dec. 20.
The region has had more than 20 percent of ICU beds available for nine straight days, and the availability of medical/surgical beds in the region is also rising. Monday was the first day in more than three weeks more than 20 percent of medical/surgical beds were available in the region.
Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are down 33 percent after dropping from an all-time high of 716 on Nov. 22 to 479 by Monday, the state’s data shows.
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