DeKalb County hits 40.37% fully vaccinated against COVID-19

86,923 total doses administered, two new coronavirus cases

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 – DeKalb County reported two new cases of COVID-19 Monday and added 286 more residents to its fully vaccinated total to cross the 40% plateau for fully vaccinated county residents.

The new cases bring the total virus case count to 10,356, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. No new deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 120.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 86,923 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents and 42,040 residents, or 40.37% 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 278, with 2,167 doses of total reported inventory, 1,817 at the health department and 350 at community partners, according to state numbers. 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 1.7%. The county positivity rate is at 2.0%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a seven-day average of 31 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

By the numbers

Three local long-term facilities are still battling the virus, though no new cases were linked to any reported Friday.

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 reported countywide, one was in a resident in their 20s and one in their 30s.

In total, there have been 1,875 cases in DeKalb County residents age 19 or younger, 2,536 in their 20s, 1,552 in their 30s, 1,403 in their 40s, 1,271 in their 50s, 852 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 4,626 and 4,630 cases, 2,051 and 2,055 cases in Sycamore, 891 and 895 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 811 and 815 in Genoa, 226 to 230 cases in Kingston, 466 and 470 cases in Cortland, 251 and 255 cases in Hinckley, 246 and 250 in Kirkland, 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, 16 to 20 in Esmond, and six and 10 in Lee. Marengo and Rochelle each report between one and five cases.

The IDPH reported 1,389,443 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 23,159 people have died statewide. The department reported 25,457,197 tests have been administered to date.

According to testing and recovery data released by the county every Friday, 9,782 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered as of June 18 and 164,653 county residents have been tested.

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