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Another 85 residents in DeKalb County were reported positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, although the county's rolling positivity rate marked a drop for the first time in almost two weeks, though the regional rate remains at 20%.
According to the DeKalb County Health Department, 85 more cases were reported, bringing the total number to 4,207 cases, as the death toll remained at 44.
The seven-day rolling positivity rate in the county dropped sharply to 15.6%, from 16.8% the day prior, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health which reports on a three-day lag. It was the first drop of the rolling rate in at least 10 days. The positivity rate for Region 1, which includes DeKalb, dropped a half a percent to 20%.
Since Nov. 2, there have been 1,192 local cases of COVID-19 identified in DeKalb County, representing about 27.7% of all known local COVID-19 cases identified in the past 17 days compared to eight months of the pandemic.
A day after 33 new cases were reported at long-term care facilities, no new cases of the sort were announced Tuesday.
Of the new cases Tuesday, 10 were in residents 19 or younger, 12 in their 20s, 16 in their 30s, 12 in their 40s, six in their 50s, 14 in their 60s, five in their 70s and 10 in their 80s or older.
By the numbers
To date, there remain seven long-term care facilities in outbreak mode in DeKalb County.
Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore reports 14 cases (five in staff, nine in residents). DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in DeKalb reports 19 cases (18 in staff and one in a resident), Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb reports 35 cases (20 in staff and 15 in residents) and one death, Bethany Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in DeKalb reports 23 cases (21 in staff, two residents), Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Living Center reports two cases (one each in a resident and employee), Prairie Crossing Living and Rehabilitation Center in Shabbona reports five cases (four in staff and one in a resident), and Heritage Woods in DeKalb reports five cases (three in staff and two in residents).
In total, there are 701 cases in residents 19 or younger, 1,063 in their 20s, 604 in their 30s, 609 in their 40s, 556 in their 50s, 332 in their 60s, 183 in their 70s and 159 in their 80s or older.
To date, there have been 26 deaths reported in DeKalb County residents in their 80s, six in their 70s, five in their 60s, four in their 50s, and one each in their 40s and 30s and an infant.
According to county data, the city of DeKalb reports between 1,916 and 1,920 cases. There are between 796 and 780 cases in Sycamore, 351 and 355 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 326 and 330 cases in Genoa, 196 and 200 cases in Cortland, 106 and 110 cases in Kirkland, 101 and 105 in Kingston, 86 and 90 cases in Hinckley, 56 and 60 in Malta, 51 to 55 in Somonauk, 36 and 40 in Waterman, 26 and 30 in Shabbona, 26 and 30 in Maple Park and six and 10 in Esmond and Clare. Lee, Leland, Marengo and Earlville each report between one and five cases.
Cases on the DeKalb County website list residents that only live within the county lines for a municipality, while the Illinois Department of Public Health website lists everyone within a certain ZIP code. Numbers also may vary because of data lags.
The 60115 ZIP code, including DeKalb, had 1,882 cases reported and 28,523 tests administered (a positivity rate of 6.6%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 838 cases and 10,534 tests (8.0%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 536 cases and 6,617 tests (8.1%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 12 cases and 128 tests (9.4%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 203 cases and 2,310 tests (8.8%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 330 cases and 3,401 tests (9.7%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 97 cases and 925 tests (10.4%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 119 cases and 1,293 tests (9.2%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 85 cases and 1,201 tests (7.1%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 30 cases and 801 tests (3.7%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 51 cases and 761 tests (6.7%) the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 138 cases and 1,692 tests (8.2%); the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 36 cases and 681 tests (5.3%).
The IDPH reported 597,849 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, while 10,875 people have died statewide. There have been 9,255,658 tests performed.
Recovery data updated weekly in DeKalb County shows 1,956 DeKalb County residents fully recovered from the virus as of Friday.
The county's health region, Region 1, began enhanced restrictions earlier this month, with restaurants and bars prohibited from allowing indoor dining. The region needs three days in a row of a rolling average of less than 6.5% to have the restrictions lifted. The region's rate has not dropped below 8% since mitigations went into effect Oct. 3, so restrictions will remain until otherwise stated by the IDPH.