The DeKalb County Health Department on Thursday reported 114 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the third largest single-day number of cases identified within a 24 hour period, bringing the total to 4,393 cases.
Cases within the city of DeKalb rose above 2,000 Thursday.
The seven-day rolling positivity rate in the county dropped to 14.8%, down from 15.1% the day prior, 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, remained at 19.9%. As of Wednesday, there are 64 out of 189 available ICU beds in the entire region, according to the IDPH.
Of the new cases, 19 were in residents 19 or younger, 23 in their 20s, nine in their 30s, 17 in their 40s, 16 in their 50s, 18 in their 60s, seven in their 70s and five in their 80s or older.
Nine of the new cases were linked to long-term care facilities: One at Lincolnshire Place, four at DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, three at Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center, one at Bethany Rehabilitation & Health Care Center,
By the numbers
To date, there remain seven long-term care facilities in outbreak mode in DeKalb County.
Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore reports 15 cases (six in staff, nine in residents). DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in DeKalb reports 23 cases (22 in staff and one in a resident), Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb reports 38 cases (21 in staff and 17 in residents and one death), Bethany Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in DeKalb reports 24 cases (21 in staff, three 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 731 cases in residents 19 or younger, 1,096 in their 20s, 625 in their 30s, 640 in their 40s, 583 in their 50s, 359 in their 60s, 191 in their 70s and 168 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 2,001 and 2,005 cases. There are between 866 and 870 cases in Sycamore, 376 and 380 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 356 and 360 cases in Genoa, 206 and 210 cases in Cortland, 111 and 115 cases in Kirkland, 106 and 110 in Kingston, 96 and 100 cases in Hinckley, 61 and 65 in Malta and Somonauk, 41 and 45 in Waterman, 31 and 35 in Shabbona and Maple Park, 11 and 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 1,934 cases reported and 29,084 tests administered (a positivity rate of 6.6%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 885 cases and 10,766 tests (8.2%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 557 cases and 6,720 tests (8.2%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 12 cases and 131 tests (9.1%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 207 cases and 2,350 tests (8.8%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 348 cases and 3,475 tests (10%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 101 cases and 950 tests (10.6%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 126 cases and 1,329 tests (9.4%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 91 cases and 1,225 tests (7.4%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 33 cases and 810 tests (4.0%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 55 cases and 777 tests (7.0%); the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 149 cases and 1,739 tests (8.5%); the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 40 cases and 698 tests (5.7%).
The IDPH reported 621,383 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, while 11,178 people have died statewide. There have been 9,427,674 tests performed.
Recovery data updated weekly in DeKalb County shows 1,956 DeKalb County residents fully recovered from the virus as of Nov. 13. That data is expected to be updated 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.