Sauk Valley reports 1 COVID-19 death, 6 cases Monday

The Sauk Valley reported one coronavirus death and six cases Monday.

Whiteside County had three new cases, with two in their 40s and one in his or her 70s as well as nine recoveries, and now totals 5,961 cases and 150 deaths.

Carroll County reported the death of a person in his or her 60s and three new cases, and now totals 1,524 cases and 36 deaths.

Whiteside County has had 14,651 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 5,373 people (9.66%) fully vaccinated. Lee County has had 8,763 doses, with 3,124 people (9.13%) fully vaccinated. Carroll County has administered 3,020 vaccine doses, with 939 people (6.56%) fully vaccinated. Ogle County has had 12,674 doses, with 4,530 people (8.9%) 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 52 days. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 2.4%. Currently, 29% of ICU beds are available.

The region has seen 85 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability.

Lee County’s rate decreased to 0.6%, and Whiteside County’s decreased to 1.8%.

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

Illinois announced 1,182 cases and five deaths Monday. The state has seen 1,199,517 cases and 20,767 deaths.