DeKalb County reports a single new COVID-19 case Wednesday

85,790 doses administered, 39.63% of DeKalb County population fully vaccinated

Syringes filled with the COVID-19 vaccine wait to be administered May 20, 2021 during a clinic at the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

DeKalb County reported a single new case of COVID-19 Wednesday, and added 222 more residents to its fully vaccinated total.

The new case, a person in their 30s, brings the total virus case count to 10,343, 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, 85,790 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 41,047 residents, or 39.63% 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 311, with 2,582 doses of total reported inventory, according to state numbers – 2,228 at the health department and 354 at community partners. The inventory numbers are according to state health officials, and might 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 is 1.4%. The county positivity rate is at 1.3%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a 7-day average of 31 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 Wednesday.

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.

In total, there have been 1,874 cases in DeKalb County residents age 19 or younger, 2,533 in their 20s, 1,547 in their 30s, 1,402 in their 40s, 1,269 in their 50s, 851 in their 60s, 453 in their 70s and 414 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 4,621 and 4,625 cases, 2,051 and 2,055 cases in Sycamore, 886 and 890 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 811 and 815 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 1,388,338 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 23,104 people have died statewide. The department reported 25,271,173 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 11 and 163,505 county residents have been tested.

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