37 New Coronavirus Cases In Lemont Over Past Week

LEMONT, IL — The number of Lemont's coronavirus cases increased by 37 cases over the past 10 days, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Lemont (ZIP code 60439) has 430 cases of coronavirus reported as of Oct. 5, compared to 393 cases on Sept. 28.

There is no available information regarding the number of patients who are hospitalized or who have recovered per town.

School is also back in session for Lemont's public schools. District 113A and Lemont High School both returned Sept. 28 with a hybrid approach.

District 113A is sharing data on COVID-19 in the schools, including information on the number of staff and students quarantined. The data was last updated on Oct. 2.

Compared to last week's data, 24 students are now quarantined, and two staff members are presently quarantined. There is also one positive staff case presently, and zero positive students presently.

Since July 1, there have been a total of seven positive coronavirus cases for students and staff.

Here is the growth in the coronavirus case numbers for the past several weeks in Lemont. The data comes from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the number of cases reported in ZIP code 60439.

Since testing began, IDPH is reporting a total of 8,897 tests have been performed for ZIP code 60439.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, there have also been eight coronavirus related deaths in Lemont since March 16. The deaths included one woman in her 50s, one woman in her 60s, one woman in her 70s, one man in his 60s, one man in his 70s and three women above 80. The most recent death was reported on Oct. 4.

DuPage County Health Department has also reported one coronavirus related death in Lemont.

As of Monday, Illinois' coronavirus case count was 303,394 and the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 8,805 Illinois residents.

The state has also developed resurgence criteria to identify early but significant increases of coronavirus transmission. With the new criteria, the state also developed new emergency management regions, and Lemont, as part of suburban Cook County, is now part of region 10.

According to IDPH, as of data available on Oct. 5, region 10 has had four days of test positivity increases and four days of hospital admission increases. The most recent data shows the positivity rate at 4.9 percent for the region. Hospital availability for region 10 has 27 percent of medical-surgical beds available and 33 percent of ICU beds available.

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