McHenry County reports 157 new cases of COVID-19, 8 additional deaths Friday

The McHenry County Department of Health reported 157 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and eight additional confirmed deaths Friday.

This brings the county’s totals to 21,270 confirmed cases, 216 confirmed deaths and 17 deaths where the cause was likely COVID-19 but not confirmed. The county’s recovery rate currently sits at 98%.

Among the county’s latest deaths tied to COVID-19 were a man in his 30s, two men in their 70s, a woman in her 80s, one man in his 80s and one man in his 90s, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

McHenry County residents have been tested a total of 215,200 times since the pandemic began, according to county-specific data collected by the IDPH.

As of Tuesday, the IDPH reported a total of 447,348 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered statewide and 8,739 in McHenry County. So far, 0.62% (1,928 of 308,570) of county residents have been fully vaccinated, meaning they’ve received all of the doses recommended for the vaccine they received.

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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 Friday, McHenry County’s positivity rate was 13% and Region 9 was at 9.5%. 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 Friday, Region 9 was satisfying this metric for ICU beds (24.7%), but not for medical/surgical beds (16.6%). The availability of both in McHenry County was at 21.9% and 9.1% respectively.

Third, the region must show a decline in average COVID-19 hospitalizations for seven out of the past 10 days. On Friday, Region 9 reported seven 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 44,865 confirmed cases and 622 deaths Friday.

The Lake County Health Department reported a total of 49,343 confirmed cases and 808 related deaths Friday.

Statewide, the IDPH reported a total of 1,059,324 confirmed cases and 18,049 related deaths. So far, Illinois has conducted 14,564,776 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 3,196 confirmed cases, according to county data. Woodstock (60098) follows with 2,513 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) 2,234; Lake in the Hills (60156) 1,883; Algonquin (60102) 1,581; Huntley (60142) 1,520; Cary (60013) 1,447; Johnsburg and McHenry (60051) 1,414; Harvard (60033) 1,331; Marengo (60152) 918; Crystal Lake, Bull Valley and Prairie Grove (60012) 769; Wonder Lake (60097) 709; Spring Grove (60081) 522; Island Lake (60042) 299; Fox River Grove (60021) 242; Richmond (60071) 235; Hebron (60034) 124; Barrington (60010) 96; Union (60180) 88; and Ringwood and Wonder Lake (60072) 48.