2K Cases, 19 Deaths In Batavia During 1st Year Of Pandemic

BATAVIA, IL — More than 2,000 people in Batavia tested positive for the coronavirus during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, public health data shows.

The World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Batavia reported its first coronavirus case two days later.

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One year on, the city’s case total stands 2,024. More than 58 percent of those cases were recorded during the final three months of 2020 amid a huge surge throughout the state, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Since Jan. 1, 487 Batavia residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the state’s data shows.

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The city's seven-day rolling average of new cases stood at about 2.9 Thursday, its lowest mark in nearly six months. That’s down from an all-time high of more than 27.1 on Nov. 12, according to public health data.

Nineteen Batavia residents died from COVID-19 during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, public health data shows.

The city’s death toll includes 10 residents of long-term-care facilities, which have been among the hardest-hit communities since the start of the pandemic. The Illinois Department of Public Health has linked eight of those deaths to Heritage Woods of Batavia.

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