DuPage County reports 91 COVID-19 cases Saturday, 1 death, 8.47% of population fully vaccinated

The DuPage County Health Department on Saturday reported 91 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 1 death, a man in his 50s.

The county now has seen a total of 72,685 coronavirus cases including 1,204 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of Feb. 23 was 98.2%.

DuPage County has administered 241,339 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 78,634 people, or 8.47% of the population, are fully vaccinated.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 45 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate stayed stagnant at 4.5%. Currently, 31% of ICU beds are available.

The region has 83 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 4.3%.

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

IDPH reported 2,565 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 50 additional deaths Friday, and a total of 3,824,675 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.

By town, Wheaton has had 3,933 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,772, Lombard 3,795, Villa Park 2,278, Hinsdale 1,193, Westmont 1,835, Darien 1,506, Woodridge 2,267, Downers Grove 3,522, Elmhurst 3,735, Warrenville 1,146 and Winfield 943. Addison has had 4,394 confirmed cases, Naperville 6,367, Carol Stream 3,886 and West Chicago 3,962.

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.