Kane County Surpasses 50K Coronavirus Cases

KANE COUNTY, IL — Kane County reached another grim milestone over the weekend, recording its 50,000th case of the coronavirus pandemic almost a year after its first.

About half of those cases were recorded in the past three months, public health data shows.

The first coronavirus case in Kane County was identified March 10, 2020, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The county reported its 25,000th case more than eight months later in mid-November.

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Kane County recorded its 50,000th case Saturday, just over three months later, after a huge surge in cases during the fall. That means the county has averaged nearly 150 new cases per day since recording its first case more than 11 months ago on March 10.

More than 700 Kane County residents have died since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, an average of more than two deaths per day.

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The county’s seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths peaked in mid-December — at nearly six deaths per day — about a month after coronavirus cases peaked in the area.

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

Since the start of 2021, 143 Kane County residents have died from COVID-19, according to IDPH statistics. That represents more than 20 percent of the county’s 707 total COVID-19 deaths, as of Monday.

Despite ever-rising case and death totals, the count’s seven-day rolling averages of cases and deaths are at their lowest points in more than four months, public health data shows.

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Kane County’s positivity rate was 4.6 percent Monday, a slight increase since last week, when that measure also hit a four-month low.

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