Vaccinations in McHenry County have been on the rise for the last week, from a low of 400 on July 27 to 679 on Sunday, even as the positivity rate climbed to numbers not seen since early May, state data shows.
Nearly 1,000 more McHenry County residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 compared to Friday, bringing the total to 155,381, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday. So far, 319,732 doses of vaccine have been administered to McHenry County residents.
Meanwhile, McHenry County’s COVID-19 positivity rate hit 6.6%, as measured by a rolling average, the highest it’s been since May 2, state health department data shows.
The McHenry County Department of Health reported 126 new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend on Monday. That brings the total to 29,829, including 299 deaths and 30 deaths in which the cause was likely COVID-19 but could not be confirmed.
The county’s recovery rate remains at 99%.
The state moved to Phase 5 on June 11, which means state capacity restrictions related to COVID-19 were lifted. The state continues to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meaning those who are fully vaccinated can go without masks in most cases.
Statewide, 72.9% of those age 12 and older have received at least one vaccine dose, the IDPH reported as of Monday. That rate is 74.9% for those 18 and older and 91.6% for those 65 and older.
The state health department reported 1,741 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 across Illinois on Saturday and another 1,687 on Sunday. The daily new case count surpassed 2,000 new cases Thursday for the first time since early May, and stayed above 2,000 cases again on Friday.
As of late Sunday, Illinois had 977 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, the most since June 2. Of those, 212 were in intensive care units, and 84 were on ventilators.
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McHenry County’s positivity rate, as measured by a seven-day rolling average, increased to 6.6%. Data remains on a three-day lag. The rate for Region 9, which is composed of Lake and McHenry counties, also rose to 4.6%.
Region 9 had 31% of its ICU beds available as of Sunday, and the state reported hospital admissions related to COVID-19 increased nine out of the past 10 days.
Statewide, the IDPH reported 1,425,219 cases, 23,451 confirmed deaths and 2,479 probable deaths. Neighboring Lake County’s health department reported 62,911 cases and 1,030 deaths through Sunday, and to the south, Kane County’s health department reported 60,018 cases and 816 deaths on Wednesday, the last day its dashboard was updated as of 6 p.m. Monday.
Among McHenry County ZIP codes, Crystal Lake (60014) has the highest number of COVID-19 cases with a total of 4,585 confirmed cases, according to county data. Woodstock (60098) follows with 3,469 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) 3,140; Lake in the Hills (60156) 2,783; Algonquin (60102) 2,218; Huntley (60142) 2,180; Cary (60013) 2,101; Johnsburg and McHenry (60051) 1,984; Harvard (60033) 1,610; Marengo (60152) 1,218; Crystal Lake, Bull Valley and Prairie Grove (60012) 1,054; Wonder Lake (60097) 952; Spring Grove (60081) 739; Island Lake (60042) 419; Fox River Grove (60021) 379; Richmond (60071) 333; Hebron (60034) 179; Barrington (60010) 161; Union (60180) 133; and Ringwood and Wonder Lake (60072) 64.