Coronavirus In McHenry County: Positivity Rate Hits 9.2%

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — McHenry County has seen a steep jump in people testing positive for COVID-19 in the past week.

The county's positivity rate has been on the rise since early April and is currently at 9.2% — jumping more than three percentage points in just one week, according to recent public health data that looks at the county's seven-day rolling average. The rise in cases comes at a time when more people are being vaccinated and after the county started to see near record-low positivity rates in March, dipping below 4% at one point.

It also comes at a time when more variants of the virus are cropping up across the suburbs and the state, and other Chicago-area counties are seeing positivity rates increase.

On Sunday, 11.8% of the 918 McHenry County residents who were tested for the virus received a positive result, and the daily positivity rate was above 10% for three days in a row, according to the most recent IDPH stats. On Wednesday, the daily rate dipped to 8.8%.

Here is a look at daily COVID-19 case counts for the week of April 4 through 13:

Statewide, daily COVID-19 cases are increasing as are hospitalizations for those with coronavirus symptoms, but there has been no significant change in the number of people dying because of the virus, according to IDPH data. In Region 9, which includes McHenry and Lake counties, there has been an increase in patients being treated for COVID-19 in hospitals the past eight out of 10 days.

Currently, more than 46 percent of the state has been vaccinated against COVID-19.

In McHenry County, that number is much lower. As of Thursday, 24.28 percent of McHenry County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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