Reported virus cases remain low in DeKalb County

DeKALB – DeKalb County reported 21 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with no new additional deaths.

The new cases brings the total case count to 23,042, and the death toll remained at 191. Case data doesn’t include positive cases identified through at-home virus testing and might not include test results waiting to be reported from backlogged laboratories.

An additional 24 DeKalb County residents became fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, and 21 more booster shots were administered in the county on Friday.

Hospitalizations and positivity rate

As of Friday, there were 26 intensive care unit beds available in Region 1, according to state data.

The seven-day rolling positivity rate for the region, which runs north to Rockford and west to the Iowa border, is 2.7%. The DeKalb County positivity rate is at 2.3%. Positivity rates are reported with a three-day data lag. Region 1 also reported a seven-day average of 56 COVID-19 patients hospitalized.

According to the IDPH, 145,902 total vaccine doses have been administered to DeKalb County residents and 57,911 residents – 57.6% of the county’s population of 100,420, according to 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data – have been fully vaccinated. As of Friday, 28,913 booster shots had been administered to county residents. The seven-day rolling average of doses administered to county residents is 73.

The IDPH reported that 3,037,199 Illinoisans have tested positive for COVID-19, while 32,926 have died statewide. The department reported that at least 55,089,500 tests have been administered to date. That does not include self tests administered at home.

Vaccination by ZIP code

Updated vaccination by ZIP code data shows the percentages of residents in DeKalb County ZIP codes who have been fully vaccinated as of March 4. This data is provisional and will be updated every Wednesday, according to the IDPH, and uses 2018 federal population data.

As of March 2:

• 60111 (includes Clare) ZIP code, 98.67% of the population is fully vaccinated (100% of residents have had at least one dose).

• 60112 (Cortland) ZIP code, 63.38% is fully vaccinated.

• 60115 (DeKalb) ZIP code, 50.22% is fully vaccinated.

• 60135 (Genoa), 62.11% is fully vaccinated.

• 60145 (Kingston), 45.9% is fully vaccinated.

• 60146 (Kirkland, Fairdale), 46.18% is fully vaccinated.

• 60150 (Malta), 53.55% is fully vaccinated.

• 60151 (Maple Park), 57.6% is fully vaccinated.

• 60178 (Sycamore), 66.08% is fully vaccinated.

• 60520 (Hinckley), 55.09% is fully vaccinated.

• 60548 (Sandwich), 54.51% is fully vaccinated.

• 60550 (Shabbona), 49.17% is fully vaccinated.

• 60552 (Somonauk), 52.1% is fully vaccinated.

• 60556 (Waterman), 52.69% is fully vaccinated.

Congregate care settings

Eight congregate care settings have reported outbreaks in the past 30 days, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. Some facilities’ vaccination data isn’t publicly available.

As of Mar. 4:

• Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb has reported 62 cases: 52 employees and 10 residents. According to the IDPH, 98.43% of Oak Crest employees are fully vaccinated, along with 100% of residents.

• Prairie Crossing Supportive Living has reported 12 cases: five employees and seven residents.

• DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center in DeKalb has reported 53 cases: 49 employees and four residents, and two deaths. 79.72% of its employees and 91.74% of residents are fully vaccinated at the facility.

• Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion in Sandwich has reported 77 cases: 26 staff members, 51 residents, and seven resident deaths. 82.91% of staff are fully vaccinated and 76.25% of residents.

• Sandwich Rehabilitation and Health Care Center has reported 12 cases: 10 staff members and two residents. According to the IDPH, 78% of its staff and 98.48% of its residents are fully vaccinated as of Feb. 25.

• Aperion Care in DeKalb has reported 44 cases: 26 staff members, 18 residents and one death.

The state considers a facility in outbreak mode if new virus activity is reportedly linked to the facility within 30 days. If the facility goes 30 days without reporting new activity, it will be taken off the health department’s outbreak website, health officials have said.

The state does not update long-term care facility numbers if a person has fully recovered. The numbers remain listed in total through the duration of the outbreak.

Cases, deaths in DeKalb County

The following is a breakdown of cases and deaths from COVID-19, according to the DeKalb County Health Department, updated on Fridays. Reported cases may not convey how many actual cases are in the county because local and state data do not include cases identified through at-home tests, which are not reported to laboratories.

As of Mar. 4, there have been 5,680 cases in residents age 19 or younger, 4,980 in their 20s, 3,530 in their 30s, 2,929 in their 40s, 2,653 in their 50s, 1,734 in their 60s, 864 in their 70s and 671 in their 80s or older.

Of the 191 total deaths have been reported in DeKalb County by local health officials as of Mar. 4: 99 were in residents in their 80s or older, 29 were in their 70s, 34 in their 60s, 18 in their 50s, six in their 40s, three in their 30s, one in their 20s and one infant.

Neither state nor local data specifies how many cases are linked to COVID-19 variants.