March 29, 2024
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DeKalb County reports 72 more cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, lowest single-day number in 2 weeks

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The DeKalb County Health Department on Wednesday reported 72 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the lowest single-day number reported in almost two weeks.

The total was the lowest number of reported cases in a 24-hour period since 67 cases were reported on Nov. 5, according to health department data.

The seven-day rolling positivity rate in the county dropped to 15.1%, the second day in a row with a decrease, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health which reports on a three-day lag. The positivity rate for Region 1, which includes DeKalb, dropped slightly for the third day in a row to 19.9% from 20% the day prior.

Of the new cases, 11 were in residents 19 or younger, 10 in their 20s, 12 in their 30s, 14 in their 40s, 11 in their 50s, nine in their 60s, one in their 70s and four in their 80s or older.

Three long-term care facilities reported one new case each, all in residents: Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center, Bethany Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, and Lincolnshire Place

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 712 cases in residents 19 or younger, 1,073 in their 20s, 616 in their 30s, 623 in their 40s, 567 in their 50s, 341 in their 60s, 184 in their 70s and 163 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 1,941 and 1,945 cases. There are between 831 and 835 cases in Sycamore, 356 and 360 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 336 and 340 cases in Genoa, 201 and 205 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 and Somonauk, 36 and 40 in Waterman, 26 and 30 in Shabbona, 26 and 30 in Maple Park, 11 to 15 in Clare and six and 10 in Esmond. 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 1,906 cases reported and 28,746 tests administered (a positivity rate of 6.6%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 864 cases and 10,637 tests (8.1%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 546 cases and 6,677 tests (8.2%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 12 cases and 129 tests (9.3%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 205 cases and 2,331 tests (8.8%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 333 cases and 3,434 tests (9.7%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 98 cases and 930 tests (10.5%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 121 cases and 1,299 tests (9.3%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 86 cases and 1,205 tests (7.1%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 33 cases and 806 tests (4.1%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 52 cases and 770 tests (6.8%); the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 145 cases and 1,718 tests (8.4%); the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 40 cases and 692 tests (5.8%).

The IDPH reported 606,771 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Friday, while 11,014 people have died statewide. There have been 9,359,227 tests performed.

Recovery data updated weekly in DeKalb County shows 1,956 DeKalb County residents fully recovered from the virus as of Friday.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced that starting Friday, the entire state will be moved to Tier 3 mitigation measures to help stop the spread of COVID-19. DeKalb County’s health region, Region 1, has been under enhanced mitigations since Oct. 3. Under the new restrictions from the state, each of the individual 11 health care regions can have eased restrictions independently if metrics improve. The region's rate has not dropped below 8% since mitigations went into effect, so restrictions will remain until otherwise stated by the IDPH.