5 People Died From COVID-19 On Thanksgiving In Kane County

KANE COUNTY, IL — As people all over the country reveled in Thanksgiving celebrations Thursday — or not — the coronavirus pandemic claimed five more lives in Kane County.

Public health officials reported another death from COVID-19 on Friday, taking Kane County’s death toll to 429 since the start of the pandemic, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The county has recorded 74 COVID-19 deaths through the first 27 days of November, more than in the previous three and a half months combined, the state’s data shows.

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May remains the county's deadliest month during the pandemic, with 123 people dying from coronavirus-related conditions that month.

Public health officials have linked 244 deaths, or about 57 percent, of the county’s 429 total COVID-19 deaths to long-term-care facilities.

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Kane County has recorded 12,746 new coronavirus cases since the start of November, representing about 41 percent of the county’s 31,136 total cases as of Friday.

The county’s seven-day rolling average of new cases has dropped from an all-time high of 595 cases Nov. 12 to about 416 cases Friday, public health data shows.

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The Illinois Department of Public Health imposed "Tier 3" mitigations in all 11 coronavirus-management regions after a significant surge in cases and hospitalizations across the state. Tier 3 restrictions order some non-essential businesses to close, while many stores must now enforce capacity limits.

A region can move back to Tier 2 if its positivity rate drops below 12 percent for three consecutive days, has more than 20 percent of hospital beds open, and sees a sustained drop in hospitalizations for coronavirus-related illnesses.

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The positivity rate in Region 8 dropped from 16 percent on Nov. 13 to 13.7 percent Friday, according to public health data. Kane County's positivity rate has dropped from 18.4 percent to 16.3 percent over the same period.