Staff report
The DuPage County Health Department has recorded more than 1,224 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county.
The health department recently launched an interactive COVID-19 case map. Also referred to as a dashboard, the case map links data from the DuPage County Health Department into the GIS Data Systems from DuPage County to provide a greater level of understanding into how the COVID-19 pandemic is unfolding across the county.
The dashboard, which is updated daily, includes the age range, gender and the hometown of each identified case in DuPage County.
As of April 13, the data on the health department’s dashboard indicated 1,224 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in DuPage County, including 54 deaths.
The April 13th data showed 57 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among Elmhurst residents, along with 47 cases among Villa Park residents, 84 cases in Addison and 70 in Bensenville.
According to the dashboard, the first case of COVID-19 in DuPage County was confirmed on March 13. The dashboard indicates that the highest number of cases in a single day is April 4, when there were 95 confirmed cases. There were 52 cases one day earlier—April 3.
Following the 95 cases on April 4, the number dropped to 41 on April 5, before rising to 72 cases on April 6. There were 47 cases on April 7, and 76 cases on April 8. The number of cases remained relatively steady in the following four days, with 66 on April 9, 64 on April 10, 66 on April 11 and 61 on April 12.
In a March 30 statement announcing the COVID-19 dashboard, the county health department related that the number of positive cases is likely much higher than listed because of unreported or untested cases in the community.
To view the county’s COVID-19 dashboard, visit the DuPage County Health Department website at dupagehealth.org.
