WHEATON – DuPage County COVID-19 control in Wheaton is expanding its capacity to six hundred controls by day, as the government reports a steady increase in cases shown over the more than 8 weeks.
County fair driving control has conducted up to 400 checks a day since it opened on June 16. As of August 10, the check had carried out approximately 14,000 checks with an average positivity rate of 2.41%, DuPage’s Director of Health Karen Ayala said. .
The increase in detection capacity occurs when Ayala has reported an increase in cases since early July and a slight increase in hospitalizations. Demand has also increased with the reopening of schools and other places, he said.
Before Illinois entered Phase Four of the state’s reopening plan on June 26, the county had a seven-day moving average of approximately 35 instances consistent with the day. Ayala said. DuPage County now has an average of one hundred instances consistent with the day over the more than seven days.
“We are seeing a 248% increase in the number of cases shown in the last 8 weeks,” Ayala told the county council at its assembly this week.
Ayala said Edward Hospital in Naperville is among the county hospitals experiencing an increase in hospitalizations.
“We had a call with our health partners this morning and they are seeing an increase, although not back to March and April levels,” she said.
The county’s online page is also converting your schedules. The site will now be open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to noon, or until six hundred tests end on the day, after locating the lowest volume of traffic on Saturday. Ayala said the busiest days on the site were on Tuesdays.
DuPage County reported 116 new COVID-19 cases in the county on Friday, the death of a man in his 60s. The county has recorded 14,176 cases since March, 532 deaths.
The management control site is located in the DuPage County complex for verification if you have COVID-19. The COVID-19 check is loose and no appointments, medical advice or insurance are required. The site is controlled by the DuPage County Department of Health.
People will have to enter through the main front of the DuPage County complex on County Farm Road, just north of Manchester Road, to succeed at the verification site.
All tests are self-administered, while Americans are seated in their vehicles.
The control staff will give each user a nasal swab and commands through the window of their car. Then they’ll have to rub their noses without leaving their vehicle.
He will be closed on Labor Day and reopened at 7 a.m. on September 8.