The DeKalb County Health Department on Tuesday announced 13 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total in the county to 977 confirmed cases.
The death toll remains at 30, as no new deaths were reported, and no new cases linked to any longterm care facilities Tuesday.
Of the new cases, two were reported in residents under 20, five in their 20s, one in their 30s, two in their 40s, two in their 60s and one in their 80s.
In total, there are 109 cases in residents younger than 20, 252 in their 20s, 161 in their 30s, 135 in their 40s, 126 in their 50s, 72 in their 60s, 57 in their 70s and 65 older than 80.
According to county data, the city of DeKalb reports between 451 and 455 cases. There are 136 to 140 cases in Sycamore; 121 to 125 in Sandwich; 91 to 95 cases in Genoa; 51 to 55 cases in Cortland; and 16 to 20 in Hinckley, Somonauk and Kingston; 11 to 15 in Waterman, Kirkland and Malta. Esmond, Earlville, Shabbona and Maple Park each report one to five cases.
The Illinois Department of Public Health lists cases and tests performed by ZIP code, while the county health department lists cases by municipality. Numbers vary between state and health departments because of data lags.
The 60115 ZIP code, including DeKalb, had 440 cases reported and 7,124 tests administered (a positivity rate of 6.2%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 148 cases and 3,035 tests (4.9%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 2,800 tests and 182 cases (6.5%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 48 cases and 654 tests (7.3%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 87 cases and 1,072 tests (8.1%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 15 cases and 264 tests (5.7%) and the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 20 cases and 364 tests (5.5%).
In total, IDPH reported 196,948 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 7,657 people have died statewide. As of Tuesday, 3,147.703 tests have been performed. The site also lists statewide recovery rates, calculated by recovered cases divided by the sum of recovered cases and dead cases. The statewide recovery remained at 95%.
According to the latest testing and recovery data released by the county each Friday, 18,972 tests have been run in the county as of Aug. 7, and 698 residents have fully recovered from the illness. The countywide positivity rate is 5.0%.
Source: The Daily Chronicle
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