Woman in her 50s dies from COVID-19; fully vaccinated nears 38%

A woman in her 50s died from complications due to COVID-19 over the weekend, according to health officials, marking the 120th death as 10 new cases were reported.

The woman’s death was not linked to any long-term care facilities facing current outbreaks, according to local health officials.

The new cases brings the total to 10,313, according to the DeKalb County Health Department, and the death toll to 120.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 83,088 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 39,342 residents, or 37.78% 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 298, with 2,740 doses of total reported inventory, according to state numbers – 2,310 at the health department and 430 at community partners. The inventory numbers are according to state health officials, and might differ from local numbers, DeKalb County health officials said.

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The seven-day rolling positivity rate for Region 1, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border is 2.2%. The county positivity rate is at 2.7%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a 7-day average of 46 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

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By the numbers

There remain three local long-term facilities battling the virus, though no new cases were linked to any reported Monday.

The DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center reports six cases among employees and one resident. Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore reports one case each in a resident and employee. Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center reports nine cases in employees. It’s unknown how many of those cases are fully recovered.

Of the new cases, six were in residents 19 or younger, two were in their 20s, two in their 40s and one in their 60s.

In total, there have been 1,870 cases in DeKalb County residents age 19 or younger, 2,525 in their 20s, 1,545 in their 30s, 1,398 in their 40s, 1,266 in their 50s, 847 in their 60s, 451 in their 70s and 411 in their 80s or older.

Of the 120 deaths reported in DeKalb County, 70 were in residents in their 80s or older, 18 were in their 70s, 18 in their 60s, eight 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 4,601 and 4,605 cases, 2,046 and 2,050 cases in Sycamore, 886 and 890 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 806 and 810 in Genoa, 466 and 470 cases in Cortland, 251 and 255 cases in Hinckley, 246 and 250 in Kirkland, 226 and 230 in Kingston, 196 and 200 cases in Somonauk, 136 and 140 in Waterman, 131 and 135 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 IDPH reported 1,385,489 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 22,963 people have died statewide. The department reported 24,913,350 tests have been administered to date.

According to testing and recovery data released by the county every Friday, 9,496 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered as of June 4, and 161,319 county residents have been tested.