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Six more cases of the novel coronavirus were reported by the DeKalb County Health Department Thursday, and no new deaths.
The total case count now stands at 1,046, with two more in residents in their 20s, one in their 30s, one in their 60s and two in their 80s or older.
As of Thursday, within the 60115 zip code including the city of DeKalb, more than 8,000 COVID-test tests have been administered, the largest in all zip code areas in the county.
In total, there have been reported 120 cases in residents younger than 20, 275 in their 20s, 172 in their 30s, 140 in their 40s, 134 in their 50s, 78 in their 60s, 59 in their 70s and 68 older than 80.
According to county data, the city of DeKalb reports between 486 to 490 cases (up from Wednesday). There are 151 to 155 cases in Sycamore; 130 to 135 in Sandwich (up from Wednesday); 96 to 100 cases in Genoa; 56 to 60 cases in Cortland; 21 to 25 cases in Hinckley, 16 to 20 in Somonauk, Kirkland, Malta and Kingston; 11 to 15 in Waterman; and six to 10 in Shabbona. Esmond, Earlville 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 468 cases reported and 8,054 tests administered (a positivity rate of 5.8%); the 60178 ZIP code, including Sycamore, had 160 cases and 3,494 tests (4.6%); the 60548 ZIP code, including Sandwich, had 3,039 tests and 194 cases (6.4%); the 60112 ZIP code, including Cortland, had 55 cases and 755 tests (7.5%); the 60135 ZIP code, including Genoa, had 89 cases and 1,206 tests (7.5%); the 60145 ZIP code, including Kingston, had 17 cases and 299 tests (5.5%) and the 60146 ZIP code, including Kirkland, had 24 cases and 419 tests (5.9%).
In total, IDPH reported 213,721 people in Illinois have tested positive for COVID-19, while 7,833 people have died statewide. As of Thursday, 3,541,183 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 county data released weekly on Aug. 14, there have been 755 recoveries, with 240 cases in the recovery period, according to the health department. There have also been 20,904 tests run for a countywide positivity rate of 4.8%, down from 5.0% last week.
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