Kendall County Health Department reports 27 more COVID-19 cases; death toll remains at 82

By John Etheredge

February 22, 2021 at 6:56 pm CST

FILE PHOTO: IDPH (Illinois Department Public Health) contractor Josie Alfaro of Rockford instructs people on how to self administer the COVID-19 test at the mobile pop-up testing site at DeKalb High School on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 in DeKalb. (Mark Black for Shaw Local)

The Kendall County Health Department reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 among county residents as of Monday, Feb. 22.

That brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county to 10,935, with 6,149 as listed in recovery, according to the health department.

The total number of deaths in the county from COVID-19 remained at 82.

People ages 20 to 49 continue to make up the majority of COVID-19 cases in the county, according to Monday’s county health department data. People in their 20s make up 17.6% of all cases, while people in their 30s make up 18.1%. People in their 40s make up 19.3% of the cases as of Monday.

Residents ages 60 and older comprise 10.9% of all cases in the county, according to KCHD data. People younger than 20 make up 17.7% of all county cases.

Women account for 52% of county COVID-19 cases, while men account for 47%, according to Monday’s county health data. The data lists the gender of 1% of the COVID-19 cases as unknown.

John Etheredge

Editor of the Record Newspapers and KendallCountyNow.com, John's career as a journalist in Kendall County began in 1981. Over the years his news beats have included county government, municipal government, school boards, police and more. He also writes editorials on local issues and the weekly Kendall County Government Newsletter.