All sites report COVID case numbers are down

Eighty-one Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week.

The DuPage County Health Department reported 77 new cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported four new cases.

That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,458, compared to 3,377 last week.

Amita Hinsdale Hospital had six confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.

Hinsdale Central High School reported eight positive cases, 11 in isolation and one in quarantine as of Jan. 21. Vaccination rates are at 81.7 percent for Central students and 95 percent for Hinsdale High School District 86 staff.

Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 reported 51 cases Jan. 25-Feb. 1, involving 41 students, seven teachers and two staff.

The rolling seven-day positivity rate for Region 8, which includes DuPage County, was 10.6 on Jan. 30, compared to 20.5 percent on Jan. 23.

Illinois has administered almost 20.6 million doses of vaccines. An average of 33,385 doses are being administered daily, compared to about 39,760 last week. The percentage of individuals fully vaccinated is almost 73 percent in DuPage County and more than 77.6 percent in the 60521 ZIP code.

 
 
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