DeKalb County reports 24 new COVID-19 cases, two long-term care facilities leave outbreak mode

In addition to 24 new cases reported by health officials on Tuesday, two long-term care facilities left outbreak mode.

Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore and Prairie Crossing Living and Rehabilitation in Shabbona no longer appeared on the county’s website. Lincolnshire had 47 cases and eight deaths while Prairie Crossing had 88 cases and eight deaths throughout each facility’s months-long ordeal battling the viral respiratory disease.

With the two dozen new cases reported, there are now 7,855 in the county while the death toll remains at 93.

The positivity rate in Region 1, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border, dropped to 5.6% on the first day since entering Phase 4 mitigations, which allows expanded indoor dining, competitive youth sports and other relaxed rules. DeKalb reached a single-digit rate for the first time in almost a week at 9.4%, still the second-highest in the region.

Among the new cases, three were in residents 19 or younger, six were in their 20s, three were in their 30s, two in their 40s, five in their 50s, three in their 60s and two in their 70s

According to state data, 4,532 doses of the vaccine have been administered to DeKalb County residents either in the county or at another location, and 565 residents have been fully vaccinated.

By the numbers

There currently are five long-term care facilities in outbreak mode in DeKalb County.

DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in DeKalb has reported 117 cases (66 in staff and 51 in residents with two deaths), Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb has reported 60 cases (29 in staff and 31 in residents with one death) and Bethany Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in DeKalb has reported 109 cases (46 in staff and 63 in residents with 10 deaths). Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich has reported eight cases (five in employees and three in residents). Pine Acres in DeKalb has 10 cases (five in staff and five in residents).

Some facilities are not designated long-term care by the county but are by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Opportunity House in Sycamore reported one new case, with 37 cases on the state website during the facility’s second documented outbreak, while Avancer Home in Genoa had 14 cases and one death as of Jan. 22, one more than the week before.

There have been 1,288 cases in DeKalb County residents 19 or younger, 1,834 in their 20s, 1,170 in their 30s, 1,117 in their 40s, 999 in their 50s, 685 in their 60s, 394 in their 70s and 368 in their 80s or older.

There have been 53 deaths reported in DeKalb County residents in their 80s or older, 16 in their 70s, 13 in their 60s, six in their 50s, three in their 40s, one in their 30s and one infant.

According to county data, DeKalb has seen between 3,351 and 3,355 cases. There are between 1,601 and 1,605 cases in Sycamore; 721 and 725 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site); 646 and 650 in Genoa; 351 and 356 cases in Cortland; 201 and 205 cases in Kirkland; 191 and 195 Hinckley; 181 and 185 in Kingston; 156 and 160 cases in Somonauk; 101 and 105 in Shabbona and Waterman; 91 and 95 in Malta; 56 and 60 in Maple Park; 16 and 20 in Clare; 11 and 15 in Earlville and Esmond; and six and 10 in Lee and Leland. Marengo and Rochelle each report between one and five cases.

The DeKalb County website only lists residents who live within 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 3,255 cases reported and 45,743 tests administered (a positivity rate of 7.1%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 1,607 cases and 17,380 tests (9.2%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 19 cases and 187 tests (10.2%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 344 cases and 3,516 tests (9.8%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 639 cases and 5,299 tests (12.1%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 173 cases and 1,440 tests (12%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 220 cases and 1,931 tests (11.4%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 88 cases and 1,161 tests (7.6%); the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 272 cases and 2,727 tests (10%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 188 cases and 1,963 tests (9.6%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 1,090 cases and 10,628 tests (10.3%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 114 cases and 1,144 tests (10%); and the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 94 cases and 1,077 tests (8.7%).

The IDPH reported 1,108,430 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 18,883 people have died statewide. There have been 15,553,319 tests performed.

In recovery and testing data released weekly on Fridays, the county has run 91,033 tests to date. There have been 6,751 recoveries and 915 active cases.