The Kane County Health Department announced today that Aurora’s Marmion Academy and Rotolo Middle School in Batavia would

“close temporarily following the identification of a probable swine flu case in each of the schools. This is a preventive measure designed to help break the cycle of disease transmission and protect students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the larger community.”

Meanwhile the Illinois Health Department issued a press release announcing nine “probable cases of swine flu.”

Five are within Chicago’s city limits, one each in DuPage and Lake Counties, plus the two in Kane County.