DuPage County reports 383 COVID-19 cases Monday, 12 deaths, region’s positivity rate rises to 10.2%

The DuPage County Health Department on Monday reported 383 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 12 deaths: 1 man in his 30s, 1 woman in her 60s, 3 men in their 60s, 1 man in his 70s, 4 women in their 80s, 1 man in his 80s and 1 man in his 90s.

The county now has seen a total of 61,013 coronavirus cases including 988 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of Dec. 29 was 97.8%.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 11 consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate increased to 10.2%. Currently, 23.1% of medical/surgical beds are available and 27.1% of ICU beds.

The region has 11 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and two consecutive days over the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 11.9%, and DuPage County is at 9.3%.

Finally, within the DuPage/Kane region, there are 95 available, staffed ICU beds out of 234 total and 360 ventilators available out of 579.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 5,059 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 79 additional deaths Monday.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate increased from 8.3% to 8.6%.

By town, Wheaton has had 3,248 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,292, Lombard 3,127, Villa Park 1,892, Hinsdale 948, Westmont 1,535, Darien 1,241, Woodridge 1,927, Downers Grove 2,816, Elmhurst 3,119, Warrenville 981 and Winfield 793. Addison has had 3,823 confirmed cases, Naperville 5,214, Carol Stream 3,327 and West Chicago 3,400.

The health department provides further information on its data dashboard for COVID-19-related hospitalizations, deaths, lab positivity and outbreak-associated counts by municipality. This additional information replaces the information that was previously provided daily in this format.

Information is also available for COVID-19 cases and deaths among DuPage County residents by race, ethnicity, severity, long-term care facility outcomes, underlying medical conditions and doubling time. Visit the DuPage County COVID-19 Dashboard at www.dupagehealth.org/covid19data.

Individual long-term care facility outbreak updates are provided on the Illinois Department of Public Health website.