After a sharp decline in COVID-19 activity over the summer, admissions for the virus at Naperville’s Edward Hospital are starting to climb again and reported case numbers in Will and DuPage counties are rising.
A visitor to the Naperville Riverwalk in December 2020 wears a face mask, something health experts recommend those who are immunocompromised or more susceptible to infection continue to do as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations start to increase in the Naperville area.
While the numbers are not quite as high as this time last year, the hospital has admitted 14 to 18 patients every week since the start of August, said Jonathan Pinsky, Edward’s medical director of infection control and prevention.That’s an uptick from June and July, when they hit “an all-time low as far as hospitalizations,” Pinsky said.
“Over the most recent winter, 2022-2023, weekly admissions were sometimes in the 20s or 30s,” he said. “And just tracking back throughout last year, we had anywhere from 20 to 40 patients admitted . ... So, it’s less than what we have seen, but it’s still a limited increase.”DuPage County cases have increased since the May-to-July time period, according to Chris Hoff, deputy director of public health.
On a per capita basis for the same week, there were three hospital admissions per 100,000 people, which keeps Will in the low category. DuPage is likewise below the threshold for low admissions, which the CDC defines as less than 10 per 100,000.
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