DuPage County reports 126 COVID-19 cases Sunday, 3 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 7.1%

The DuPage County Health Department on Sunday reported 126 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 3 deaths: 1 woman in her 60s, 1 woman in her 70s and 1 woman in her 80s.

The county now has seen a total of 68,619 coronavirus cases including 1,110 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of Jan. 26 was 98.1%.

DuPage County has administered 71,725 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 19,635 residents, or 2.11% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen zero consecutive days at or under 6.5%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 7.1%. Currently, 28% of ICU beds are available.

The region has 49 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 8.1% and DuPage County is at 6.5%.

Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for 10 out of the last 10 days in this region.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,428 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 40 additional deaths Sunday, and a total of 981,988 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.

By town, Wheaton has had 3,687 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,607, Lombard 3,577, Villa Park 2,146, Hinsdale 1,108, Westmont 1,742, Darien 1,421, Woodridge 2,133, Downers Grove 3,260, Elmhurst 3,531, Warrenville 1,095 and Winfield 893. Addison has had 4,214 confirmed cases, Naperville 5,825, Carol Stream 3,698 and West Chicago 3,787.

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.