Sauk Valley reports 1 COVID-19 death, 65 cases Wednesday

Coronavirus cases in the Sauk Valley

The Sauk Valley reported one new coronavirus death and 65 cases Wednesday.

Whiteside County announced the death of a man in his 70s and four new coronavirus cases with two in their 20s and 30s and two in their 70s for a total of 6,011 cases, 148 deaths and 5,772 recoveries.

Lee County had seven new cases with one teen, one in his or her 30s, two in their 40s and three in their 50s. There were also 14 new recoveries totaling 3,090 cases and 60 deaths.

Carroll County had two new cases totaling 1,520 cases and 35 deaths.

Ogle County reported 52 cases during the last week totaling 4,899 cases, 73 deaths and 4,746 recoveries.

Whiteside County has had 11,715 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 4,028 people (7.24%) fully vaccinated. Lee County has had 7,806 doses, with 2,630 people (7.68%) fully vaccinated. Carroll County has administered 2,579 vaccine doses, with 780 people (5.45%) fully vaccinated. Ogle County has had 10,557 doses, with 3,152 people (6.19%) fully vaccinated.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago counties) has maintained a positivity rate under 8% for 47 days. The region’s positivity rate increased to 2.2%. Currently, 27% of ICU beds are available.

The region has seen 80 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Lee County’s rate decreased to 0.4%, and Whiteside County’s stayed flat at 3.4%.

Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable for 10 out of the past 10 days in this region.

Illinois announced 2,104 cases and 44 deaths Wednesday totaling 1,191,520 cases, including 20,626 deaths.

Rachel Rodgers

Rachel Rodgers

Rachel Rodgers joined Sauk Valley Media in 2016 covering local government in Dixon and Lee County.