May 19, 2024
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Two more DeKalb County residents dead from COVID-19, death toll rises to 191

By Katie Finlon
Syringes filled with the COVID-19 vaccine wait to be administered during a clinic at the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Syringes filled with the COVID-19 vaccine wait to be administered during a clinic at the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. (Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.co)

DeKALB – Two more DeKalb County residents died from COVID-19 as of Thursday, bringing the total death toll to 191, according to state data.

Reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, however, continue to be the lowest they’ve been for months in DeKalb County, according to state health officials.

The county reported 11 more COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total case count to 23,021. 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 24 DeKalb County residents became fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, and 37 more booster shots were administered in the county on Thursday.

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Hospitalizations and positivity rate

As of Thursday, there were 20 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 2.9%. 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 58 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

According to the IDPH, 145,838 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents and 57,887 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 Thursday, 28,892 booster shots had been administered to county residents. The seven-day rolling average of doses administered to county residents is 79.

The IDPH reported that 3,035,870 Illinoisans have tested positive for COVID-19, while 32,886 have died statewide. The department reported that at least 54,954,495 tests have been administered to date. That does not include self tests administered at home.

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