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Kane, DuPage counties warn of increase in COVID-19, caution they could reinstate restrictions - Chicago Tribune

Kane, DuPage counties warn of increase in COVID-19, caution they could reinstate restrictions - Chicago Tribune

Kane, DuPage counties warn of increase in COVID-19, caution they could reinstate restrictions - Chicago Tribune
Aug 05, 2020 1 min, 14 secs

Kane and DuPage county officials are warning residents about “concerning increases” in COVID-19 activity and said they could take action to limit the spread of the virus, including reinstating limits on some business and social activities.

However, both counties are at what the state considers a warning level for the number of new cases per 100,000 people — DuPage is reporting 73 new cases per 100,000 residents and Kane is reporting 66, while the state’s target is 50 — and health department officials are concerned about recent upticks in COVID-19 metrics, they said in a statement.

“Wear a face mask, watch your distance and wash your hands frequently,” DuPage County Health Department Executive Director Karen Ayala said.

Kane, like many other suburban counties, is seeing higher positivity rates than densely-populated Cook County and Chicago, though DuPage’s positivity rate remains lower.

“Working with our colleagues in DuPage County, we will take the prescribed actions by (the Illinois Department of Public Health) to maintain the public’s health, which is our mutual and top priority,” Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen said in a statement.

Kane and DuPage counties, which make up one region in the state’s reopening plan, are working to address upticks in the metrics before the state takes formal action, officials said.

As Kane and DuPage counties warned of increasing COVID-19 measures, Mary Lou Mastro, the CEO of Edward-Elmhurst Health System, which runs Edward Hospital in Naperville, said Wednesday the system is beginning to see another uptick in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

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