DeKalb County reports 33 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

The DeKalb County Health Department on Tuesday reported 33 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the county up to 2,509.

After passing 10% for the first time on Monday, DeKalb County's seven-day rolling positivity average dropped to 9.6% in numbers reported Tuesday.

Of the new cases in the county, eight were in residents younger than 20, nine in their 20s, seven in their 30s, two in their 40s, four in their 50s and three in their 60s.

The county's health region, Region 1, began enhanced restrictions earlier this month which were extended through Nov. 14, with restaurants and bars prohibited from allowing indoor dining. Region 1, which includes DeKalb, the Sauk Valley area and Rockford, reported a seven-day rolling test positivity rate of 12.5% as of Oct. 24, since IDPH data is three days behind.

The region needs three days in a row of a rolling average of less than 6.5% to have the restrictions lifted. The region's rate has not dropped below 8% since mitigations went into effect, so restrictions will remain until otherwise stated by the IDPH.

The death toll remained at 42 in the county and no new cases were reported at any long-term care facilities.

Although not listed on the county website, the Illinois Department of Public Health lists Opportunity House as a long-term care facility and reported an outbreak of 15 cases. Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich remained at 68 total cases and is at 15 deaths. Prairie Crossing Living and Rehabilitation Center in Shabbona still reports three cases. Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Living Center remained at two cases, while DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Oak Crest-DeKalb Area Retirement Center each remained at 13.

In total, there are 424 cases in residents younger than 20, 716 in their 20s, 347 in their 30s, 346 in their 40s, 298 in their 50s, 165 in their 60s, 106 in their 70s and 107 who are 80 or older.

According to county data, the city of DeKalb reports between 1,251 and 1,255 cases. There are between 391 and 395 cases in Sycamore, 231 and 235 in Sandwich and Plano (listed as one region on the site), 166 and 170 cases in Genoa, 121 and 125 cases in Cortland, 61 and 65 cases in Kirkland, 51 and 55 cases in Hinckley, 46 and 50 cases in Kingston, 36 to 40 in Malta, 31 and 35 in Somonauk, 26 and 30 in Waterman, and 16 and 20 in Maple Park and Shabbona. Esmond, Leland, Earlville and Clare each report between one and five cases.

Cases on the DeKalb County website list residents that only live within the county lines for a municipality, while the state website lists everyone within a certain ZIP code. Numbers also may vary because of data lags.

The 60115 ZIP code, including DeKalb, had 1,202 cases reported and 21,581 tests administered (a positivity rate of 5.6%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 396 cases and 7,901 tests (5%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 5,229 tests and 341 cases (6.5%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 125 cases and 1,784 tests (7.0%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 167 cases and 2,577 tests (6.5%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 45 cases and 713 tests (6.3%); the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 74 cases and 1,006 tests (7.4%); the 60520 ZIP code, including Hinckley, had 52 cases and 956 tests (5.4%); the 60550 ZIP code, including Shabbona, had 18 cases and 709 tests (2.5%); the 60150 ZIP code, including Malta, had 28 cases and 588 tests (4.8%) the 60151 ZIP code, including parts of Maple Park in both DeKalb and Kane counties, had 69 cases and 1,331 tests (5.2%); and the 60556 ZIP code, including Waterman, had 23 cases and 567 tests (4.1%).

The IDPH reported 382,985 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 9,568 people have died statewide. There have been 7,388,290 tests performed.

According to recovery and testing data released weekly by the county on Friday, 921 are still in the recovery period and 1,364 have fully recovered. Testing data was still not available.