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player ready...Thirty-three people in Kane County have died from the coronavirus in the last week, Coroner Rob Russell said Monday.
Russell’s office reported 84 COVID-19 deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic. All of the reported deaths in Kane tested positive for COVID-19 with the approved biological test by medical personnel, Russell said.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Kane County had 2,256 confirmed COVID-19 cases, up from 1,484 confirmed cases one week earlier.
The 33 people who died in the last week ranged from 45 to 104 years old, the coroner’s office said.
Four Elgin residents and one South Elgin resident died in the last week, according to the county figures. Eighteen people from Elgin have died from coronavirus complications since March.
As of Tuesday, Elgin has had 656 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 474 from Kane County and 182 on the Cook County side, according to Kane County Health Department and Cook County Public Health Department data.
Last week, Elgin reported 339 COVID-19 cases.
Elgin has the second-highest total among Kane communities, behind Aurora’s 981.
Among other Kane County communities, Carpentersville reported 220 cases; St. Charles, 100; South Elgin, 81; Geneva, 76; Batavia, 50; East Dundee, 9; and West Dundee, 7.