DeKalb County COVID-19 report: 39 more fully vaccinated, 19 more cases reported Friday

DeKALB – DeKalb County added 39 more residents to its fully vaccinated total Friday, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, and local health officials reported 19 more virus cases.

The new cases bring the total coronavirus case count to 12,370 in the county, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. The number of deaths remains at 133, with no new deaths reported Friday.

The seven-day rolling positivity rate for Region 1, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border, is 4.4%. The DeKalb County positivity rate is at 3%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reported a seven-day average of 114 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

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According to IDPH data, 103,471 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents, and 51,061 residents – or 50.8% of the county’s population of 100,420, according to 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data – have been fully vaccinated. The seven-day rolling average of doses administered to county residents is at 114.

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By the numbers

Two local long-term care facilities continue to report COVID-19 outbreaks as of Friday, although no new cases have been reported in days.

DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center previously reported an outbreak of four people, including three employees and one resident. Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center previously reported seven employees who have contracted the virus. The health department considers a facility in ‘outbreak mode’ if new virus activity is reportedly linked to the facility within 30 days. If the facility goes 30 days without reporting new activity, it will be taken off the health department’s outbreak website, health officials have said.

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Updated vaccination by ZIP code data shows the percentages of residents in DeKalb County ZIP codes who have been fully vaccinated as of Oct. 13. ZIP code population data used by the IDPH utilized unofficial 2018 census data, including those 12 and older, according to IDPH spokesperson Melaney Arnold.

This data is provisional and will be updated every Wednesday, according to the IDPH:

In the 60111 (includes Clare) ZIP code, 92.67% of the population is fully vaccinated. In the 60112 (Cortland) ZIP code, 53.76% is fully vaccinated. In the 60115 (DeKalb) ZIP code, 44.69% is fully vaccinated. In 60135 (Genoa), it’s 54.6%. In 60145 (Kingston), 40.93% is fully vaccinated. In 60146 (Kirkland, Fairdale), 40.41% is fully vaccinated. In 60150 (Malta), 47.46% is fully vaccinated. In 60151 (Maple Park), 52.96% is fully vaccinated. In 60178 (Sycamore), 58.26% is fully vaccinated. In 60520 (Hinckley), 49.4% is fully vaccinated. In 60548 (Sandwich), 49.24% is fully vaccinated; in 60550 (Shabbona), 45.25% is fully vaccinated; in 60552 (Somonauk), 46.9% is fully vaccinated; and in 60556 (Waterman), 47.56% is fully vaccinated.

Of the new virus cases reported Friday, there were five in residents age 19 or younger, four in their 20s, four in their 30s, one in their 40s, four in their 50s and one in their 60s.

In total, there have been 2,446 cases in residents age 19 or younger, 2,960 in their 20s, 1,875 in their 30s, 1,648 in their 40s, 1,470 in their 50s, 1,017 in their 60s, 511 in their 70s and 443 in their 80s or older.

Of the 133 deaths reported in DeKalb County thus far, 74 were in residents in their 80s or older, 23 were in their 70s, 21 in their 60s, nine in their 50s, three in their 40s, one in their 30s, one in their 20s and one infant.

The DeKalb County Health Department does not specify how many COVID-19 cases are linked to delta or any other variant of the virus. Testing for variants in positive COVID-19 results is done randomly and at the state level, according to local health officials.

According to DeKalb County data most recently updated Friday before the county was subject to a ransomware attack on Monday, there have been between 5,391 and 5,895 cases in DeKalb, 2,436 and 2,440 cases in Sycamore, 1,066 and 1,070 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 936 and 940 in Genoa, 266 and 270 cases in Kingston, 581 and 585 cases in Cortland, 306 and 310 cases in Hinckley, 276 and 280 in Kirkland, 256 and 260 cases in Somonauk, 171 and 175 in Waterman, 171 and 175 in Malta, 136 and 140 in Shabbona, 111 and 115 in Maple Park, 36 and 40 in Earlville, 26 and 30 in Clare, 11 and 15 in Leland, 16 to 20 in Esmond, and six and 10 in Lee. Hampshire, Marengo and Rochelle each reported between one and five cases.

The IDPH reported that 1,665,777 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 25,4-7 people have died statewide. The department reported that 33,718,807 tests have been administered to date.

According to testing and recovery data released by the county every Friday, 11,622 DeKalb County residents have fully recovered and 215,983 tests of county residents have been completed as of Oct. 15. There were 615 reportedly still in recovery, according to the DeKalb County Heath Department.