More than 500 more DeKalb County residents fully vaccinated, total climbs past 39%

DeKalb County added more than 500 residents to its fully vaccinated total over the weekend, which has now climbed past 39% of the overall population, according to health officials Monday.

Also reported Monday, four new virus cases, bringing the total to 10,333, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. No new deaths reported, leaving the death toll at 120.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 84,977 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 40,692 residents, or 39.07% 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 270, with 2,131 doses of total reported inventory, according to state numbers – 1,783 at the health department and 438 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 1.7%. The county positivity rate is at 1.4%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a 7-day average of 33 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, two were in their 20s, and two were in their 40s, and one was in their 50s.

In total, there have been 1,871 cases in DeKalb County residents age 19 or younger, 2,531 in their 20s, 1,546 in their 30s, 1,401 in their 40s, 1,269 in their 50s, 850 in their 60s, 453 in their 70s and 412 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 4,611 and 4,615 cases, 2,051 and 2,055 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 1,387,760 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 23,070 people have died statewide. The department reported 25,185,883 tests have been administered to date.

According to testing and recovery data released by the county every Friday, 9,583 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered as of June 4, and 163,505 county residents have been tested.