Lowest daily total of COVID-19 reported in DeKalb County since pandemic’s inception, with 3 new cases

70,472 doses administered, 28.9% of DeKalb County population fully vaccinated

A member of the Illinois National Guard administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during the DeKalb County Health Department clinic Thursday at Sandwich High School.

DeKalb County recorded its lowest daily total of new cases identified in a 24-hour period since the COVID-19 pandemic’s inception, with three new cases reported Wednesday.

And 196 more residents became fully vaccinated, according to health officials. No new deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 117.

The new cases Wednesday bring the total to 10,069, according to the DeKalb County Health Department.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 70,737 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 30,950 residents, or 29.72% 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 510, with 8,499 doses of total reported inventory, according to state numbers – 8,019 at the health department and 480 at community partners. The inventory numbers are according to state health officials, and may differ from local numbers, DeKalb County health officials said.

The seven-day rolling positivity rate for Region 1, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border remained fell to 4.1%. The county positivity rate remained at 5.1%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a 7-day average of 99 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

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By the numbers

Four local long-term facilities are battling the virus, although no new cases reported Wednesday were linked to any of them.

The DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center reports four cases among employees and one resident. Heritage Woods in DeKalb reported three cases in employees. Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center reports eight cases in employees. Prairie Crossing Living and Rehabilitation Center in Shabbona with a case each in a staff member and resident.

Of the new cases, two were in residents 19 or younger and one was in their 20s.

In total, there have been 1,798 cases in DeKalb County residents age 19 or younger, 2,448 in their 20s, 1,508 in their 30s, 1,375 in their 40s, 1,248 in their 50s, 835 in their 60s, 447 in their 70s and 410 in their 80s or older.

Of the 117 deaths reported in DeKalb County, 68 were in residents in their 80s or older, 18 were in their 70s, 18 in their 60s, seven 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 4,471 and 4,475 cases, between 2,006 and 2,010 cases in Sycamore, 871 and 875 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 781 and 785 in Genoa, 456 and 460 cases in Cortland, 251 and 255 cases in Hinckley, 241 and 245 in Kirkland, 221 and 225 in Kingston, 191 and 195 cases in Somonauk, 136 and 140 in Waterman, 121 and 125 in Malta, 116 and 120 in Shabbona, 91 and 95 in Maple Park, 21 and 25 in Clare and 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 4,289 cases reported and 78,075 tests administered (a positivity rate of 5.4%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 1,999 cases and 23,852 tests (8.3%); the 60111 ZIP code, including Clare, reported 24 cases and 276 tests (8.6%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 454 cases and 5,053 tests (8.9%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 776 cases and 7,193 tests (10.8%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 215 cases and 1,986 tests (10.8%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 261 cases and 2,626 tests (9.9%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 116 cases and 1,625 tests (7.1%); the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 350 cases and 3,745 tests (9.3%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 247 cases and 3,015 tests (8.2%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 1,320 cases and 14,3334 tests (9.2%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 130 cases and 1,817 tests (7.1%); and the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 134 cases and 1,616 tests (8.2%).

The IDPH reported 1,359,748 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 22,285 people have died statewide. The department reported 23,505,414 tests have been administered to date.

According to testing and recovery data released by the county every Friday, 9,059 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered as of May 7, and 152,342 county residents have been tested.

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