McHenry County reports 459 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend

The McHenry County Department of Health reported 459 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and no additional confirmed deaths over the weekend. This includes cases identified on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

This brings the county’s totals to 20,773 confirmed cases, 208 confirmed deaths and 15 deaths where the cause was likely COVID-19 but not confirmed. The county’s recovery rate currently sits at 98%.

McHenry County residents have been tested a total of 209,131 times since the pandemic began, according to county-specific data collected by the IDPH.

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In order to move to Tier 2, which is less restrictive, Region 9 (McHenry and Lake counties) must meet three metrics tracked by the IDPH.

First, the region must report a seven-day average test positivity rate of less than 12% for three consecutive days. As of Monday, McHenry County’s positivity rate was 12.8% and Region 9 was at 10%. Region 9 now has seen 11 straight days below the 12% threshold.

Second, both intensive care unit and medical/surgical bed availability must be greater than 20% for three consecutive days.

As of Monday, Region 9 was satisfying this metric for ICU beds (23.7%), but not for medical/surgical beds (17%). The availability of both in McHenry County was at 19.1% and 3.9% respectively.

Third, the region must show a decline in average COVID-19 hospitalizations for seven out of the past 10 days. On Monday, Region 9 reported five days of decreases in hospital admissions for COVID-19 out of the past 10 days.

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The Kane County Health Department reported a total of 43,215 confirmed cases and 600 deaths Saturday, the last time the county’s metrics had been updated as of Monday evening.

The Lake County Health Department reported a total of 48,336 confirmed cases and 793 related deaths Monday.

Statewide, the IDPH reported a total of 1,033,526 confirmed cases and 17,627 related deaths. So far, Illinois has conducted 14,169,986 COVID-19 tests. The statewide recovery rate is 98%.

Among McHenry County ZIP codes, Crystal Lake (60014) has the highest number of COVID-19 cases with a total of 3,118 confirmed cases, according to county data. Woodstock (60098) follows with 2,469 cases.

The McHenry County health department reports only ZIP code data that is located within McHenry County, a department spokeswoman said. Any discrepancies between county and IDPH numbers likely are because of the data’s provisional nature and because each health department finalizes its data at different times, she said.

The following is the rest of the local breakdown of cases by ZIP code: McHenry (60050) 2,155; Lake in the Hills (60156) 1,841; Algonquin (60102) 1,535; Huntley (60142) 1,497; Cary (60013) 1,407; Johnsburg and McHenry (60051) 1,375; Harvard (60033) 1,313; Marengo (60152) 885; Crystal Lake, Bull Valley and Prairie Grove (60012) 755; Wonder Lake (60097) 695; Spring Grove (60081) 508; Island Lake (60042) 289; Fox River Grove (60021) 236; Richmond (60071) 230; Hebron (60034) 120; Barrington (60010) 94; Union (60180) 86; and Ringwood and Wonder Lake (60072) 48.