Highest-Ever Coronavirus Positivity Across Plainfield: IDPH

PLAINFIELD, 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 Plainfield, a few weeks after increased mitigations.

Plainfield is also showing highest-ever coronavirus positivity rates 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 south side of the village (zip code 60586) has an average 7-day rolling COVID-19 positivity rate of 16.51 percent, whereas the north side (zip code 60585) is at 14.85 percent and the central part (zip code 60544) has an 11.69 percent positivity rate.

The weekly new case rate per 100,000 people is at 373 for Plainfield-central, 384 for Plainfield-north and 441 for Plainfield-south. These are also the highest 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.

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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