For the first time since March 18, 2020, Illinois had a day with zero COVID-19 deaths reported Monday following the long Independence Day holiday weekend, though 16 deaths were reported Tuesday.

Some of the deaths reported Tuesday may have occurred over the weekend while officials were out of the office. Reporting of COVID-19 cases and deaths is typically lower on Mondays and over the weekend for the same reason.

Regardless, the number of COVID-19 deaths across the state has been trending down over the last month, the Illinois Department of Public Health has reported.

In McHenry County, the county health department reported 29 more cases of COVID-19 and one additional death from the long weekend on Tuesday. That brings the total numbers of cases among residents to 29,263, including 293 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 Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported a total of 12,705,445 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered statewide, including 305,555 in McHenry County.

So far, 148,264 of the county’s 308,570 residents, or 48.05%, 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, 69.8% of those 12 and older have received at least one vaccine dose, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday. That rate is 72.2% for those 18 and older and 90.1% 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. The trend line for number of new daily cases is no longer on the decline but instead categorized as “no significant change.”

McHenry County’s positivity rate increased to 1.2% Tuesday based on a seven-day rolling average, and Region 9, which is comprised of Lake and McHenry counties, remained at 1%.

Region 9 had 28% of its intensive care unit beds available as of Tuesday, and the state reported COVID-19-related hospital admissions decreased or were stable seven out of the past 10 days.

Statewide, the IDPH reported 1,393,773 cases, 23,272 confirmed deaths and 2,455 probable deaths. Neighboring Lake County’s health department reported 62,007 cases and 1,023 deaths through Monday, while to the south, the Kane County Health Department reported 59,507 cases and 812 deaths on Tuesday.

Among McHenry County ZIP codes, Crystal Lake (60014) has the highest number of COVID-19 cases with a total of 4,474 confirmed cases, according to county data. Woodstock (60098) follows with 3,441 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) 2,737; Algonquin (60102) 2,186; Huntley (60142) 2,127; Cary (60013) 2,052; Johnsburg and McHenry (60051) 1,936; Harvard (60033) 1,596; Marengo (60152) 1,191; Crystal Lake, Bull Valley and Prairie Grove (60012) 1,036; Wonder Lake (60097) 933; Spring Grove (60081) 726; Island Lake (60042) 407; Fox River Grove (60021) 370; Richmond (60071) 328; Hebron (60034) 176; Barrington (60010) 158; Union (60180) 132; and Ringwood and Wonder Lake (60072) 61.