125 New Coronavirus Cases Announced In Buffalo Grove In Last Week

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Like every other municipality in Illinois, the Village of Buffalo Grove has been dealing with its own unique data points regarding the coronavirus. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 2,753 people have contracted COVID-19 in Buffalo Grove since the outbreak began. That is an increase of 125 cases since Patch's last report on Jan. 14. For further comparison, there was an increase of 91 cases between Jan. 7-14.

The Lake County Health Department reports there have been 50,317 confirmed cases in Lake County. That's an increase of 1,490 cases since Jan. 14. For further comparison, there was an increase of 1,704 cases between Jan. 7-14. In addition, there have been 826 deaths, marking an increase of 23 since Jan. 14. For further comparison, there was an increase of 26 deaths between Jan. 7-14.

The Lake County recovery rate from the coronavirus is currently 97.9 percent. Recovered cases are defined as persons with initial positive specimen collection date greater than 42 days who have not expired. The Recovery rate is calculated as the recovered cases divided by the sum of recovered cases and total deceased cases.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 48,075 people have been tested across Buffalo Grove (zip codes 60069, 60089) as of Thursday. That's an increase of 2,330 people tested since Jan. 14. For further comparison, there was an increase of 1,660 tests between Jan. 7-14.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, 30 people have died due to COVID-19 in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove since April 6. The latest death was on Jan. 18.

Here is a breakdown of COVID-19 related deaths in Cook County by date in Buffalo Grove:

2020

APRIL — 6 TOTAL

• 4/6 (1), 4/10 (1), 4/14 (1), 4/16 (1), 4/19 (2)

MAY — 6 TOTAL

• 5/4 (1), 5/5 (1), 5/10 (1), 5/17 (1), 5/23 (1)

JUNE — 6 TOTAL

• 6/5 (1), 66 (1), 6/11 (1), 6/12 (1), 6/13 (1), 6/28 (1)

JULY — 1 TOTAL

• 7/1 (1)

AUGUST — 1 TOTAL

• 8/23 (1)

SEPTEMBER — 1 TOTAL

• 9/29 (1)

OCTOBER — 2 TOTAL

• 10/16 (1), 10/24 (1)

NOVEMBER — 3 TOTAL

• 11/11 (1), 11/27 (1), 11/27 (1)

DECEMBER — 3 TOTAL

• 12/20 (1), 12/26 (1), 12/27 (1)

2021

JANUARY — 1 TOTAL

• 1/18 (1)

According to the medical examiner, the age breakdown for the 30 deaths are: 80+ (18), 70-79 (8) and 60-69 (4).

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As of Thursday, there have been 911 coronavirus-related cases in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. That marks an increase of 46 cases since Jan. 14. For further comparison, there was an increase of 25 cases between Jan. 7-14.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there have been 3,700 confirmed coronavirus cases and 496 deaths in long-term care facilities in Lake County. That marks an increase of 15 cases and 14 deaths since Jan. 14. For further comparison, there was an increase of 91 cases and 22 deaths between Jan. 7-14.

Here is a breakdown of cases and deaths at some of these facilities in Buffalo Grove:

• Belmont Village of Buffalo Grove — 5 cases, 2 deaths (open)/66 cases, 19 deaths (closed)
• Sunrise of Buffalo Grove — 8 cases, 0 deaths (open)/3 cases, 0 deaths (closed)
• Symphony Buffalo Grove — 99 cases, 10 deaths (open)/34 cases, 5 deaths (open)

These numbers include both residents and employees of the long-term care facilities.

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