DeKalb County reports 48 new COVID-19 cases Friday

45,500 vaccine doses administered, 16% of county population fully vaccinated

On Friday, 48 new coronavirus cases were reported, according to the DeKalb County Health Department.

That brings the total number of cases to 9,114. No new deaths were reported, and the death toll remains at 115.

Two long-term care facilities remain in outbreak mode as of Friday, with DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center each reporting two new cases in employees.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 47,518 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 16,720 residents, or 16.05% of the county’s population of 104,143, have been fully vaccinated. The seven-day rolling average of doses administered to county residents is at 843, with 10,910 doses of total reported inventory, according to state numbers – 10,790 at the health department and 120 at community partners. The inventory numbers are according to state health officials, and may differ from local numbers, according to DeKalb County health officials.

The seven-day rolling positivity rate for Region 1, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border went slightly up to 6.1%. The county rate rose to 5.6%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a 7-day average of 89 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

By the numbers

Of the new cases, 10 were in residents 19 or younger, 15 in their 20s, eight in their 30s, four in their 40s, five in their 50s, five in their 60s and one in their 80s or older.

In total, there have been 1,539 cases in DeKalb County residents 19 or younger, 2,161 in their 20s, 1,375 in their 30s, 1,283 in their 40s, 1,141 in their 50s, 782 in their 60s, 436 in their 70s and 397 in their 80s or older.

There have been 67 deaths reported in DeKalb County residents in their 80s or older, 18 in their 70s, 18 in their 60s, six in their 50s, three in their 40s, one in their 30s, one in their 20s, and one infant.

According to county data, DeKalb has seen between 3,976 and 3,980 cases. There are between 1,841 and 1,845 cases in Sycamore; 806 and 810 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site); 721 and 725 in Genoa; 426 and 430 cases in Cortland; 231 and 235 cases in Hinckley; 226 and 230 in Kirkland; 196 and 200 in Kingston; 171 and 175 cases in Somonauk; 126 and 130 in Waterman; 116 to 120 in Malta; 111 and 115 in Shabbona; 76 and 80 in Maple Park; 21 and 25 in Clare; 16 and 20 in Earlville; 11 and 15 in Leland and Esmond; and six and 10 in Lee. 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 IDPH website lists everyone within a certain ZIP code. Numbers also may vary because of data lags.

The 60115 ZIP code, including DeKalb, had 3,811 cases reported and 68,457 tests administered (a positivity rate of 5.6%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 1,842 cases and 21,781 tests (8.4%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 23 cases and 249 tests (9.2%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 422 cases and 4,561 tests (9.2%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 708 cases and 6,554 tests (10.8%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 189 cases and 1,797 tests (10.4%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 245 cases and 2,400 tests (10.1%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 107 cases and 1,481 tests (7.2%); the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 319 cases and 3,419 tests (9.3%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 228 cases and 2,686 tests (8.4%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 1,220 cases and 12,988 tests (9.4%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 122 cases and 1,472 tests (8.4%); and the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 122 cases and 1,436 tests (8.3%).

The IDPH reported 1,273,200 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 21,476 people have died statewide. There have been 21,017,929 tests performed to date.

According to testing and recovery data released weekly on Fridays by the county, 8,168 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered as of April 9, and there have been 136,633 tests run on county residents.

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