93 New Coronavirus Cases Announced In Buffalo Grove In Last Week

Buffalo Grove IL

29 January, 2021

3:02 PM

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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, 2,846 people have contracted COVID-19 in Buffalo Grove since the outbreak began. That is an increase of 93 cases since Patch's last report on Jan. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of 125 cases between Jan. 14-21. The Lake County Health Department reports there have been 51,551 confirmed cases in Lake County. That's an increase of 1,234 cases since Jan. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of 1,490 cases between Jan. 14-21. In addition, there have been 861 deaths, marking an increase of 35 since Jan. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of 23 deaths between Jan. 14-21. 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 50,240 people have been tested across Buffalo Grove (zip codes 60069, 60089) as of Friday. That's an increase of 2,165 people tested since Jan. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of 2,330 tests between Jan. 13-21. There was a 7.3 test positivity rate last week in Lake County. 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). Buffalo Grove Schools Get $4.4M In COVID-19 Relief Funding As of Friday, there have been 953 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 42 cases since Jan. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of 46 cases between Jan. 14-21. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there have been 3,810 confirmed coronavirus cases and 513 deaths in long-term care facilities in Lake County. That marks an increase of 110 cases and 17 deaths since Jan. 21. For further comparison, there was an increase of 15 cases and 14 deaths between Jan. 14-21. 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. Stay Patched In! Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest Buffalo Grove newsCheck out the Events Calendar for what's going on in Buffalo GroveLike our Crime page on FacebookLike the Buffalo Grove Patch on FacebookPatch Mobile: Get app for iPhone and Android