COVID-related death, 21 new cases in Whiteside County Saturday

The Whiteside County Health Department announced a COVID-related death Saturday of a person in his or her 80s.

Whiteside County also had 21 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 recoveries. The new cases involve seven people younger than 20, two in their 20s, four in their 30s, one each in their 40s and 70s, three in their 50s, two in their 60s, and one older than 80.

Lee, Ogle and Carroll counties did not report updated statistics Saturday.

Whiteside County has had 5,204 cases, 4,633 recoveries and 133 deaths. Lee County has had 2,641 cases, 2,182 recoveries and 53 deaths. Ogle County has had 4,313 cases, 3,642 recoveries and 55 deaths. Carroll County has had 1,357 cases, 1,305 recoveries and 30 deaths.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen 11 consecutive days under the 12% positivity rate. The region’s positivity rate increased to 10.7%. Currently, 22.4% of medical/surgical beds are available and 23.8% of ICU beds.

The region has 11 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and 11 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, DeKalb County’s positivity rate increased to 13.9%, Lee County’s rate increased to 3.1%, and Whiteside County’s rate decreased to 10.5%.

Finally, within this region, there are 40 available, staffed ICU beds out of 179 total, and 258 ventilators out of 343 available.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 6,717 cases Saturday as well as 101 deaths. There have been 1,024,039 cases and 17,494 deaths statewide.

Sterling has had 16,019 tests and 1,915 cases. Rock Falls has had 7,721 tests and 1,119 cases. Dixon has had 28,939 tests and 1,921 cases. Rochelle has had 9,362 tests and 1,407 cases.