Frankfort Area Coronavirus Cases Increased By 23 Over Past Week

FRANKFORT, IL — The number of coronavirus cases in the Frankfort area has increased by 23 cases over the past week, according to data from the Will County Health Department. Frankfort (ZIP code 60423) has 252 cases as of July 29, compared to 229 cases on July 22, which represents a 10 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.

Since testing began, IDPH reporting a total of 4,083 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 207 and 241 cases, respectively, as of July 29. Manhattan (ZIP code 60442) has 69 cases, according to data from the county health department.

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As of Wednesday, Illinois' coronavirus case count was 175,124 and the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 7,462 Illinois residents. In Will County, there have been 8,260 cases of the coronavirus and 338 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 29, region 7 has had seven days of test positivity increases and two days of hospital admission increases. Hospital availability for region 7, which includes Will and Kankakee counties, has 28 percent of medical-surgical beds available and 37 percent of ICU beds available.

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