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McHenry County reports two fewer COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

So far, 47.58% of McHenry County’s residents are fully vaccinated, IDPH reports

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses

Another 417 McHenry County residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, bringing the total number to 146,819, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the McHenry County Department of Health reported two fewer cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, lowering the total numbers of cases among residents to 29,222.

Cases can come off a county’s total if the person who tested positive is determined not to be a resident following a case investigation or if a probable case is determined not to be COVID-19.

McHenry County’s total number of cases include 292 confirmed deaths and 30 deaths in which the cause likely was COVID-19 but could not be confirmed.

The county’s recovery rate remains at 99%.

As of Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported a total of 12,594,182 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered statewide, including 303,119 in McHenry County.

So far, 47.58% of the county’s 308,570 residents have been fully vaccinated, meaning they’ve received all of the doses recommended for the vaccine they received.

The state moved to Phase 5 on June 11, which means state capacity restrictions tied to COVID-19 were lifted. The state continues to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meaning those fully vaccinated can go without masks in most cases.

Statewide, 69.1% of those 12 and older have received at least one vaccine dose, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday. That rate is 71.6% for those 18 and older and 89.8% for those 65 and older.

Total hospitalizations and new admissions tied to COVID-19 continue to be on the decline, and the state reported a decreasing trend line in the number of deaths related to COVID-19.

McHenry County’s positivity rate decreased to 0.8% Wednesday based on a seven-day rolling average, and Region 9, which is comprised of Lake and McHenry counties, fell to 0.7%.

Region 9 had 31% of its intensive care unit beds available as of Wednesday, and the state reported COVID-19-related hospital admissions decreased or were stable nine out of the past 10 days, with an admission of one more patient recorded Tuesday to to bring the total seven-day average to 16 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the region.

Statewide, the IDPH reported 1,391,739 cases, 23,227 confirmed deaths and 2,447 probable deaths. Neighboring Lake County’s health department reported 61,950 cases and 1,023 deaths as of Tuesday, while to the south, the Kane County Health Department reported 59,459 cases and 810 deaths on Wednesday.

Among McHenry County ZIP codes, Crystal Lake (60014) has the highest number of COVID-19 cases with a total of 4,456 confirmed cases, according to county data. Woodstock (60098) follows with 3,435 cases.

The McHenry County health department reports ZIP code data only for parts 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) 3,069; Lake in the Hills (60156) 2,732; Algonquin (60102) 2,186; Huntley (60142) 2,121; Cary (60013) 2,046; Johnsburg and McHenry (60051) 1,930; Harvard (60033) 1,594; Marengo (60152) 1,189; Crystal Lake, Bull Valley and Prairie Grove (60012) 1,035; Wonder Lake (60097) 930; Spring Grove (60081) 723; Island Lake (60042) 407; Fox River Grove (60021) 370; Richmond (60071) 328; Hebron (60034) 178; Barrington (60010) 158; Union (60180) 133; and Ringwood and Wonder Lake (60072) 61.

Sam Lounsberry

Sam Lounsberry

Sam Lounsberry is a former Northwest Herald who covered local government, business, K-12 education and all other aspects of life in McHenry County, in particular in the communities of Woodstock, McHenry, Richmond, Spring Grove, Wonder Lake and Johnsburg.