10,000+ Coronavirus Cases In Kane County; 305 Deaths

KANE COUNTY, IL — Kane County hit a new milestone Wednesday when its total number of coronavirus cases topped the 10,000 mark.

Since the start of August, more than 800 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, driven by four of the largest single-day increases in two months, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The data shows 110 Kane County residents tested positive Aug. 7, the biggest spike since the end of May.

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As of Wednesday, 10,012 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus since the outbreak began in March, according to public health data.

Kane County’s 7-day rolling average of new cases — a measure that takes into account daily fluctuations in testing to show longer-term trends in coronavirus data — more than tripled over the past five weeks, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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The county’s 7-day rolling average hit its lowest point in almost three months July 9 when it stood at 26.3, the data shows. By Aug. 9, that figure grew to 87.8 cases, the highest it’s been since the start of June.

The 7-day rolling average has been dropping for the past three days and stands at 73 cases, as of Wednesday.

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Of the 829 residents who have tested positive in August, 235 were from Aurora, 133 were from St. Charles, 116 were from Elgin and 89 were from Carpentersville. New cases this month also include 47 in Geneva, 45 in South Elgin and 36 in Batavia, the data shows.

Seven Kane County residents have died of coronavirus-related conditions since Aug. 1, taking the county’s death toll to 305, as of Wednesday, according to the state’s data.

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The positivity rate in Region 8 — made up of Kane and DuPage counties — has remained relatively steady during the first nine days of August, fluctuating between 4.4 percent and 4.8 percent, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

State officials redrew Illinois’ coronavirus emergency management regions last month to better target new restrictions, if they must be imposed.

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Illinois' mitigation plans outline new restrictions on businesses and activities if a region crosses certain statistical thresholds. New restrictions would be implemented in a region if it records positivity rates of more than 8 percent for three consecutive days.

The state will also implement new restrictions if a region reports daily positivity-rate increases seven times within 10 days, along with an increase in hospital admissions due to coronavirus-related symptoms or a drop in capacity in intensive care units.

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Officials from Region 8, also called the West Suburban region, have reported increases in positivity rates and hospital admissions twice in the past 10 days. Forty-nine percent of the region's ICU units and 34 percent of medical/surgical beds are currently available, well above the state's 20 percent threshold for new restrictions.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that just statistics were trending the right way in just two of the state’s 11 coronavirus management regions: Region 8 and Region 6, the state’s East-Central region.

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