AUBURN â COVID-19 cases in DeKalb County continue to follow the national trend of a slow rise. Case are up seven from last week with 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported from July 10-16. This brings the total positive cases of the virus in DeKalb County to 4,514 since March 24, 2020. In the first 16 days of July the county has reported 62 new cases. Infected individuals are tending to be those younger individuals under the age of 50 and those who havenât been vaccinated. The state vaccine dashboard shows 14,902 residents of DeKalb County are fully vaccinated thatâs 40% of the countyâs population. That number is below the state average of 52.9% of those 16 and over who are fully vaccinated.