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Frankfort Area Coronavirus Cases Increased By 17 Over Past Week
Frankfort (ZIP code 60423) has 229 cases as of July 22, compared to 212 cases on July 15.
FRANKFORT, IL — The number of coronavirus cases in the Frankfort area has increased by 17 cases over the past week, according to data from the Will County Health Department. Frankfort (ZIP code 60423) has 229 cases as of July 22, compared to 212 cases on July 15, which represents an 8 percent increase.
Health authorities do not provide the number of deaths or recoveries by municipality.
Here is the growth in the coronavirus case numbers for the past six weeks in Frankfort. The data comes from the Will County Health Department and the number of cases reported in ZIP code 60423.
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June 17 | 149 |
June 24 | 155 |
July 1 | 172 |
July 8 | 193 |
July 15 | 212 |
July 22 | 229 |
IDPH is also reporting a total of 3,681 tests have been performed for ZIP code 60423.
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In nearby towns in the Lincoln-Way area, both Mokena (ZIP code 60448) and New Lenox (ZIP code 60451) have fewer cases, with 188 and 218 cases, respectively, as of July 22. Manhattan (ZIP code 60442) has 63 cases, according to data from the county health department.
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As of Wednesday, Illinois' coronavirus case count was 165,301 and the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,347 Illinois residents. In Will County, there have been 7,845 cases of the coronavirus and 336 related deaths.
The state recently developed new resurgence criteria to identify early but significant increases of coronavirus transmission. With the new criteria, the state also developed new emergency management regions, and Will County is now part of region 7.
According to IDPH, as of data available on July 22, region 7 has had three days of test positivity increases and one day of hospital admission increases. Hospital availability for region 7, which includes Will and Kankakee counties, has 33 percent of medical-surgical beds available with 39 percent of ICU beds available.
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