DuPage County COVID-19 cases rise with 458 infections reported Thursday, 11 deaths

The DuPage County Health Department on Thursday reported 458 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 11 deaths: 1 man in his 40s, 1 woman in her 60s, 1 man in his 60s, 1 man in his 70s, 2 women in their 80s, 2 men in their 80s, 1 woman in her 90s, 1 men in their 90s and 1 man in his 100s.

The case total was more than double of the previous day, and the most since Jan. 3. It was also the second consecutive day of double-digit deaths reported.

The county now has seen a total of 62,028 coronavirus cases including 1,012 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 10.6%. Currently, 15.5% of medical/surgical beds are available and 22.8% of ICU beds.

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

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 12.6%, and DuPage County is at 9.6%.

Finally, within the DuPage/Kane region, there are 72 available, staffed ICU beds out of 324 total and 360 ventilators available out of 581.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8,757 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 177 additional deaths Thursday, putting the state over one million cases of the novel coronavirus.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate increased from 8.4% to 8.5%.

By town, Wheaton has had 3,296 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,331, Lombard 3,204, Villa Park 1,921, Hinsdale 961, Westmont 1,573, Darien 1,263, Woodridge 1,954, Downers Grove 2,879, Elmhurst 3,203, Warrenville 1,004 and Winfield 812. Addison has had 3,874 confirmed cases, Naperville 5,235, Carol Stream 3,399 and West Chicago 3,459.

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.