DuPage County reports 133 COVID-19 cases Saturday, 7 deaths, 3.53% of population fully vaccinated

The DuPage County Health Department on Saturday reported 133 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 7 deaths: 1 man in his 50s, 1 woman in her 60s, 1 woman in her 70s, 1 woman in her 80s, 1 woman in her 90s and 2 men in their 90s.

The county now has seen a total of 70,450 coronavirus cases including 1,151 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of Jan. 26 was 98.1%.

DuPage County has administered 123,021 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 32,758 people, or 3.53% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 12 consecutive days at or under 6.5%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 4.4%. Currently, 28% of ICU beds are available.

The region has 62 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 5% and DuPage County is at 4.1%.

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

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,092 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 5 additional deaths Saturday.

By town, Wheaton has had 3,783 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,687, Lombard 3,690, Villa Park 2,209, Hinsdale 1,153, Westmont 1,786, Darien 1,466, Woodridge 2,195, Downers Grove 3,354, Elmhurst 3,611, Warrenville 1,107 and Winfield 916. Addison has had 4,290 confirmed cases, Naperville 6,047, Carol Stream 3,781 and West Chicago 3,853.

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.