The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,155,833, with a total of 19,841 deaths since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, laboratories reported 96,525 specimens for a total of 16,918,910.
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As of Wednesday night, 1,954 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 448 patients were in intensive care and 227 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The seven-day preliminary positive test nationwide from February 4-10 is 3.9%.
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A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine were delivered to Illinois providers, including Chicago, with 456,100 additional doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,385,950.
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IDPH says vaccine distribution numbers are reported in real time, and vaccine administration numbers remain at up to 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,549,108 doses of vaccine were administered, including 226,974 at long-term facilities. The seven-day average of vaccines administered is 56,094.
Governor Pritzker visits the Elgin vaccine site
Governor JB Pritzker on Thursday morning presented an update on vaccination efforts at the Elgin Mental Health Center in Elgin.
The human services vaccination site in Elgin is home to many patients and has dozens of staff members. On Thursday morning, 50 patients and staff members received the second dose of COVID vaccine 19.
With the vaccine still missing, Governor Pritzker says we are still one of the leading states in terms of vaccinations.
“Because of these practical efforts, Illinois is setting new records in our vaccine launch,” Pritzker said. “In the last week, Illinois has been the number one state among the top ten most populous states in the country in terms of per capita vaccinations, and although Illinois is the sixth largest state in the country, we now have the fifth largest number of vaccinations of all states, “
The governor also mentioned an increase in supply soon from the federal government, but there is still a massive shortage of vaccines.
On Wednesday, Pritzker announced that Illinois plans to extend Phase 1B eligibility on Feb. 25 to people with comorbidities and underlying conditions as defined by the CDC. In addition, Illinois will give priority to people with disabilities.
However, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday in a statement that the city and county will not extend eligibility for Phase 1B.
“Doing so in Chicago and Cook County would add an additional 1 million people to 1b, and the result would be that those currently eligible, including the elderly, key front workers and those in our communities most COVID would have an equal level, it’s harder to get a vaccine, “Lightfoot and Preckwinkle said in a statement
The extended high risk categories include:
-Cancer
-Chronic kidney disease
-COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
-Diabetes
-The State of the Heart
-Immunocompromised condition from a solid organ transplant
-Obesity
-Task
-Lung disease
– Sickle cell bullet
This expansion could almost double the number of people currently eligible for the vaccine at a time when supplies are low, but the governor has expressed optimism that deliveries from the federal government will increase significantly in the coming weeks.
“My administration will work with all local public health departments to include these higher-risk individuals in their community immunization plans in the coming weeks,” Pritzker said.
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Deaths reported on Thursday include:
– Clay County: 1 woman of 80 years
– Clinton County: 1 woman of 80 years
– Coles county: 1 man of 60 years
– Cook County: 1 man 30, 1 woman 40, 1 man 40, 1 woman 50, 4 men 50, 6 women 60, 6 men 60, 7 women 70, 7 men 70, 7 women 80, 7 men 80, 4 women 90s, 2 men 90s
– DeKalb County: 1 woman from the 90s
– DuPage County: 1 woman of 40 years, 3 men of 70 years, 1 woman of 80 years, 1 man of 90 years
– Greene County: 1 woman aged 50
– Grundy County: 1 man aged 60 years
– Jefferson County: 1 80-year-old man
– Kane County: 1 man of 60 years, 1 man of 70 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Knox County: 1 woman from the ’80s
– Lake County: 1 man aged 50 years
– Lawrence County: 1 man of 60 years
– Livingston County: 1 80-year-old man
– Logan County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Marion county: 1 man of 70 years
– McLean County: 1 60-year-old man
– Monroe County: 1 man of 70 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Moultrie County: 1 man aged 70 years
– Randolph County: 1 man aged 70 years
– Sangamon County: 1 woman aged 70 years
– St. county Clair: 1 woman of 50 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Stephenson County: 1 80-year-old man
– Tazewell County: 1 woman of 40 years, 1 woman of 50 years, 1 man of 70 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Vermilion county: 1 man of 70 years
– Washington County: 1 woman from the ’90s
– Whiteside County: 1 man of 60 years, 1 man of 90 years
– Will county: 1 man of 50 years, 1 man of 60 years, 3 men of 70 years, 1 woman of 80 years, 2 women of 90 years
– Winnebago County: 1 woman from the 90s
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