DuPage County reports 100 COVID-19 cases Sunday, 1 death, region’s positivity decreases to 4.3%

The DuPage County Health Department on Sunday reported 100 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 1 death, a man in his 90s.

The county now has seen a total of 70,550 coronavirus cases including 1,152 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of Feb. 9 was 98.2%.

DuPage County has administered 127,704 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 33,780 people, or 3.64% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 13 consecutive days at or under 6.5%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 4.3%. Currently, 28% of ICU beds are available.

The region has 63 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 4.9% 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 1,631 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 35 additional deaths Sunday, and a total of 1,783,345 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.

The 1,631 new cases is the fewest in a single day since October 6.

By town, Wheaton has had 3,785 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,691, Lombard 3,704, Villa Park 2,211, Hinsdale 1,153, Westmont 1,788, Darien 1,469, Woodridge 2,199, Downers Grove 3,363, Elmhurst 3,617, Warrenville 1,107 and Winfield 919. Addison has had 4,295 confirmed cases, Naperville 6,057, Carol Stream 3,785 and West Chicago 3,858.

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.