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DeKALB – Four communities in DeKalb County report fewer than half their residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to newly updated state ZIP code data.
ZIP codes including Kingston, Kirkland, Fairdale and Shabbona – 60145, 60146 and 60550, respectively – reported between 45% and 49.9% of its residents to be fully vaccinated as of Wednesday.
The county reported 17 more COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total case count to 23,010. No new deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 189. Case data doesn’t include positive cases identified through at-home virus testing and might not include test results waiting to be reported from backlogged laboratories.
An additional 30 DeKalb County residents became fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, and 27 more booster shots were administered in the county on Wednesday.
Reported cases and hospitalizations continue to be the lowest they’ve been for months.
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Hospitalizations and positivity rate
As of Wednesday, there were 24 intensive care unit beds available in Region 1, according to state data.
The seven-day rolling positivity rate for the region, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border, is 2.8%. The DeKalb County positivity rate is at 2.4%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reported a seven-day average of 59 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.
According to the IDPH, 145,751 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents and 57,863 residents – 57.6% of the county’s population of 100,420, according to 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data – have been fully vaccinated. As of Wednesday, 28,855 booster shots had been administered to county residents. The seven-day rolling average of doses administered to county residents is 81.
The IDPH reported that 3,034,701 Illinoisans have tested positive for COVID-19, while 32,848 have died statewide. The department reported that at least 54,817,964 tests have been administered to date. That does not include self tests administered at home.
Vaccination by ZIP code
Updated vaccination by ZIP code data shows the percentages of residents in DeKalb County ZIP codes who have been fully vaccinated as of March 2. This data is provisional and will be updated every Wednesday, according to the IDPH, and uses 2018 federal population data.
• 60111 (includes Clare) ZIP code, 98.67% of the population is fully vaccinated (100% of residents have had at least one dose).
• 60112 (Cortland) ZIP code, 63.38% is fully vaccinated.
• 60115 (DeKalb) ZIP code, 50.22% is fully vaccinated.
• 60135 (Genoa), 62.11% is fully vaccinated.
• 60145 (Kingston), 45.9% is fully vaccinated.
• 60146 (Kirkland, Fairdale), 46.18% is fully vaccinated.
• 60150 (Malta), 53.55% is fully vaccinated.
• 60151 (Maple Park), 57.6% is fully vaccinated.
• 60178 (Sycamore), 66.08% is fully vaccinated.
• 60520 (Hinckley), 55.09% is fully vaccinated.
• 60548 (Sandwich), 54.51% is fully vaccinated.
• 60550 (Shabbona), 49.17% is fully vaccinated.
• 60552 (Somonauk), 52.1% is fully vaccinated.
• 60556 (Waterman), 52.69% is fully vaccinated.
Congregate care settings
The total care centers in in outbreak mode is eight, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. Some facilities’ vaccination data isn’t publicly available.
As of Feb. 25:
• Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore reports 21 cases, 16 in staff and five in residents. One person from the facility has died.
• Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb reports 62 cases: 52 employees and 10 residents. According to the IDPH, 98.43% of Oak Crest employees are fully vaccinated, along with 100% of residents.
• Prairie Crossing Rehabilitation in Shabbona reports 42 cases: 25 employees and 17 residents. 73.86% of employees and 94% of residents at the facility are vaccinated, according to the IDPH.
• Prairie Crossing Supportive Living reports 12 cases: five employees and seven residents.
• DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center in DeKalb reports 53 cases: 49 employees and four residents, and two deaths. 79.72% of its employees and 91.74% of residents are fully vaccinated at the facility.
• Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich reports 77 cases: 26 staff members, 51 residents, and seven resident deaths. 82.91% of staff are fully vaccinated and 76.25% of residents.
• Sandwich Rehabilitation and Health Care Center reports 11 cases: nine staff members and two residents. According to the IDPH, 78% of its staff and 98.48% of its residents are fully vaccinated as of Feb. 25.
• Aperion Care in DeKalb reports 44 cases: 26 staff members, 18 residents and one death.
The state 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.
The state does not update long-term care facility numbers if a person has fully recovered. The numbers remain listed in total through the duration of the outbreak.