DeKalb County COVID-19 report: 49 more fully vaccinated, 17 more cases Tuesday

DeKALB – New cases of COVID-19 were reported in the double digits again Tuesday, with health officials reporting 17 more virus cases and nearly 50 more residents added to DeKalb County’s fully vaccinated total.

The new cases reported Tuesday bring the total virus case count to 10,525, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. The death toll remains at 121, with no new deaths reported Tuesday.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data, 92,232 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 44,918 residents, or 43.13% 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 114, with 1,882 doses of total reported inventory – 1,530 at the health department and 352 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.

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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 4.3%. The county positivity rate is at 3.6%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reports a seven-day average of 26 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

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By the numbers

As of Tuesday, no new outbreaks have been reported among local long-term care facilities in DeKalb County, according to the county health department.

Of the 17 new cases reported countywide, four were in residents 19 or younger, five in their 20s, one in their 30s, two in their 40s, four in their 50s and one in their 70s.

In total, there have been 1,912 cases in DeKalb County residents age 19 or younger, 2,584 in their 20s, 1,583 in their 30s, 1,422 in their 40s, 1,288 in their 50s, 860 in their 60s, 457 in their 70s and 417 in their 80s or older.

Of the 121 deaths reported in DeKalb County, 71 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, there have been between 4,691 and 4,695 cases in DeKalb, 2,081 and 2,085 cases in Sycamore, 901 and 905 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 826 and 830 in Genoa, 241 and 245 cases in Kingston, 476 and 480 cases in Cortland, 256 and 260 cases in Hinckley, 251 and 255 in Kirkland, 201 and 205 cases in Somonauk, 141 and 145 in Waterman, 131 and 135 in Malta, 121 and 125 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, Hampshire and Rochelle each report between one and five cases.

The IDPH reported that 1,413,490 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 23,414 people have died statewide. The department reported that 26,678,361 tests have been administered to date.

According to testing and recovery data released by the county every Friday, 10,275 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered as of July 23, and 169,829 tests of county residents have been completed.