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Kendall County Health Department reports 30 new COVID-19 cases

By John Etheredge
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.

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.

The Kendall County Health Department reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 among county residents as of Tuesday, Feb. 23.

That brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county to 10,965, with 6,197 as listed in recovery, according to the health department.

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

Mirroring a trend across the state, the number of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 each day has declined steadily over the past several weeks. For example, for the six-day period Feb. 8-13, the health department reported a total of 188 new cases as compared with 108 reported over the six-day period Feb. 15-20.

According to Illinois Department of Public Health data as of Tuesday, 5,012 Kendall County residents – 3.92% of the county’s total population – have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Also according to Tuesday’s IDPH data, 11,646 COVID-19 tests have been administered to people in the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich with 1,151 confirmed cases; 10,981 tests administered in 60545, including Plano with 1,374 confirmed cases; 25,384 tests administered in 60560, including Yorkville with 2,275 confirmed cases; 23,587 tests administered in 60538, including Montgomery with 2,684 confirmed cases; and 31,137 tests administered in 60543, including Oswego, with 3,049 confirmed cases.

People ages 20 to 49 make up the majority of COVID-19 cases in Kendall County, according to Tuesday’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 made up 19.3% of the cases as of Tuesday.

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 Tuesday’s county health department data. The data also lists the gender of 1% of the COVID-19 cases as unknown.