Health & Fitness
Highest-Ever Coronavirus Positivity Across Bolingbrook: IDPH
According to IDPH, positivity in the east side is at 10.10% and the west side is at 10.48% as of Wednesday.
BOLINGBROOK, IL — State officials imposed new restrictions in Will County after a surge in coronavirus cases, but the upward trend has reached new heights, not just in the county but also in Bolingbrook, a few weeks after increased mitigations.
Bolingbrook is also showing highest-ever coronavirus positivity rates this week across all zip codes, along with an increase in the average number of cases reported per 100,000 people.
According to data gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health, as of Wednesday, the east side of the village (zip code 60440) has an average 7-day rolling COVID-19 positivity rate of 10.10 percent, whereas the east side (zip code 60490) is at 10.48 percent.
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The weekly new case rate per 100,000 people is at 306 for Bolingbrook-east and 300 for Bolingbrook-west. These are also the highest this week than they have ever been.
Public health data shows the positivity rate in Region 7 — made up of Will and Kankakee counties — reached 13.3 percent as of Wednesday. Positivity in the region has also been increasing for nine consecutive days.
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That is the highest positivity rate recorded in Region 7 since officials first started publishing the measure in June, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.At 13.3 percent, the region's positivity rate is more than twice as high as it was at the beginning of October (5.6 percent).
Region 7 triggered new restrictions last month after the region recorded a positivity rate above 8 percent for three days in a row. The new restrictions ban indoor service at bars and restaurants and a limit social gatherings to 25 people.
The statewide case positivity rate — a rolling, seven-day average — is now 9.1 percent, half a percentage point higher than Wednesday. Thursday's death toll is the highest in months, and the statewide totals now stand at 447,491 confirmed infections and 10,030 known deaths. Another 6,259 probable cases and 283 probable deaths are not included in the official totals.
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