DuPage County reports 98 COVID-19 cases Sunday, 2 deaths, 14.04% of population fully vaccinated

The DuPage County Health Department on Sunday reported 98 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, with 2 deaths: 1 man in his 60s and 1 woman in her 90s.

The county now has seen a total of 79,959 coronavirus cases including 1,283 deaths, according to the health department. The recovery rate among DuPage County cases as of March 16 was 98.3%.

DuPage County has administered 357,327 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 130,335 people, or 14.04% of the total population, have been fully vaccinated.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 60 consecutive days under 8%. The region’s positivity rate increased to 4.2%. Currently, 30% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average increased to 4% and DuPage County increased to 4.4%.

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

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,431 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional deaths Sunday, and a total of 4,706,502 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.

By town, Wheaton has had 4,239 total cases, Glen Ellyn 2,996, Lombard 4,075, Villa Park 2,440, Hinsdale 1,365, Westmont 2,019, Darien 1,708, Woodridge 2,537, Downers Grove 4,132, Elmhurst 4,149, Warrenville 1,240 and Winfield 1,046. Addison has had 4,660 confirmed cases, Naperville 7,437, Carol Stream 4,234 and West Chicago 4,216.

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.