617 Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In Buffalo Grove Since Outbreak

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, 617 people have contracted COVID-19 in Buffalo Grove since the outbreak began. That is an increase of 24 cases since Aug. 28. For further comparison, there was also an increase of 29 cases between Aug. 21-28.

The Lake County Health Department reports there have been 14,772 confirmed cases in Lake County. That's an increase of 552 cases since Aug. 28. For further comparison, there was an increase of 563 cases between Aug. 21-28. In addition, there have been 450 deaths, marking an increase of 10 since Aug. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of four deaths between Aug. 21-28.

Here is a breakdown of Lake County cases by age:

• Less than 20 (2,178 cases for an increase of 160 since Aug. 28, compared to 133 between Aug. 21-28)
• 20-29 (2,912 cases for an increase of 140, compared to 137)
• 30-39 (2,106 for an increase of 57, compared to 55)
• 40-49 (2,280 for an increase of 76, compared to 72)
• 50-59 (2,111 for an increase of 61, compared to 77)
• 60-69 (1,314 for an increase of 25, compared to 42)
• 70-79 (697 for an increase of 13, compared to 31)
• 80-89 (500 for an increase of two, compared to eight)
• 90 and older (298 for no increase, compared to three)

The Lake County recovery rate from the coronavirus is currently 95.8 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.

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 14,346 people have been tested across Buffalo Grove (zip codes 60069, 60089) as of Friday. That's an increase of 758 people tested since Aug. 28. For further comparison, there was an increase of 975 tests between Aug. 21-28.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, 20 people have died due to COVID-19 in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove since April 6. A death on Aug. 23 marked the first since July 1.

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

• April 6 — 1
• April 10 — 1
• April 14 — 1
• April 16 — 1
• April 19 — 2
• May 4 — 1
• May 5 — 1
• May 10 — 1
• May 17 — 1
• May 23 — 2
• June 5 — 1
• June 6 —1
• June 11 — 1
• June 12 — 1
• June 13 — 1
• June 28 — 1
• July 1 — 1
• Aug. 23 — 1

According to the medical examiner, the age breakdown for the 20 deaths are: 80+ (11), 70-79 (7) and 60-69 (2). In addition, 14 of the deceased were females and six were male.

As of Friday, there have been 188 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 eight cases since Aug. 28. For further comparison, there was also an increase of eight cases between Aug. 21-28.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there have been 2,114 confirmed coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities in Lake County. There have been 319 deaths in these facilities.

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

• Belmont Village of Buffalo Grove — 66 cases, 19 deaths
• Symphony Buffalo Grove — 99 cases, 10 deaths

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

Earlier this week, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced a slowdown in data processing within IDPH systems affected the reporting of COVID-19 tests due to the large volume of testing occurring in Illinois. As a result, 5,368 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Illinois Friday, including 29 additional confirmed deaths.

The latest deaths include:

• Bond County: 1 male 70s
• Cook County: 1 male 40s, 2 males 50s, 2 females 70s, 1 male 80s
• Cumberland County: 1 female 90s
• Edgar County: 1 female 90s
• Henry County: 1 male 90s
• Kankakee County: 1 male 90s
• Lake County: 1 female 70s, 1 male 70s
• LaSalle County: 1 female 80s
• Macoupin County: 1 male 70s
• Madison County: 2 male 70s
• McHenry County: 1 male 80s
• McLean County: 1 male 90s
• Moultrie County: 1 female 90s
• Perry County: 1 male 60s
• Richland County: 1 female 90s
• Rock Island County: 1 female 60s, 1 female 90s
• Stark County: 1 male 80s
• Tazewell County: 1 female 80s
• Will County: 1 female 70s
• Williamson County: 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s

Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 245,371 cases, including 8,143 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from Aug. 28 – Sept. 3 is 4.1 percent. Using a 7-day rolling average for this metric helps account for any variation in day to day data collection, such as a data processing slowdown, and provides the public and decisions makers with a consistent picture of trends over time.

As of Thursday, 1,621 people in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 360 patients were in the ICU and 155 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 149,273 specimens for a total of 4,309,941.