DeKalb County reports 43 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday; 18K residents fully vaccinated

DeKalb County reported 43 new cases of COVID-19 in residents Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 9,277 since the pandemic began.

No new deaths were reported Tuesday, leaving the local death toll at 116, according to the DeKalb County Health Department.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 49,392 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 18,043 residents, or 17.33% 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 769, with 9,670 doses of total reported inventory, according to state numbers – 9,610 at the health department and 60 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 rose to 6.3%. The county rate rose to 6.6%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a 7-day average of 112 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

By the numbers

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

Of the new cases, seven were in residents 19 or younger, 12 in their 20s, four in their 30s, five in their 40s, six in their 50s, two in their 60s and two in their 80s or older.

In total, there have been 1,572 cases in DeKalb County residents 19 or younger, 2,220 in their 20s, 1,398 in their 30s, 1,298 in their 40s, 1,165 in their 50s, 787 in their 60s, 436 in their 70s and 401 in their 80s or older.

There have been 68 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 4,071 and 4,075 cases. There are between 1,856 and 1,860 cases in Sycamore; 816 and 820 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site); 726 and 730 in Genoa; 431 and 435 cases in Cortland; 236 and 240 cases in Hinckley; 231 and 235 in Kirkland; 201 and 205 in Kingston; 171 and 175 cases in Somonauk; 131 and 135 in Waterman; 116 to 120 in Malta; 111 and 115 in Shabbona; 81 and 85 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 3,907 cases reported and 69,527 tests administered (a positivity rate of 5.6%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 1,859 cases and 22,015 tests (8.4%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 24 cases and 253 tests (9.4%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 428 cases and 4,672 tests (9.1%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 718 cases and 6,622 tests (10.8%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 195 cases and 1,818 tests (10.7%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 248 cases and 2,427 tests (10.2%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 111 cases and 1,506 tests (7.3%); the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 333 cases and 3,461 tests (9.6%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 232 cases and 2,716 tests (8.5%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 1,238 cases and 13,122 tests (9.4%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 125 cases and 1,490 tests (8.3%); and the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 127 cases and 1,468 tests (8.6%).

The IDPH reported 1,285,398 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 21,540 people have died statewide. There have been 21,283,370 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.