The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,112,181, with a total of 18,964 deaths since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the last 24 hours, the laboratories reported 80,124 copies for a total of 15,633,443.
As of Tuesday night, 2,931 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 591 patients were in intensive care and 300 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
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The seven-day preliminary positive test at national level between January 20-26 is 5.6%.
The test positivity rate is a value that the state began providing at the end of October. It is calculated using the total number of positive tests over the total number of tests. This is the metric used by state health officials to make mitigation decisions.
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A total of 1,253,300 doses of vaccine were delivered to Illinois providers, including Chicago, with 537,050 additional doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 1,790,350.
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IDPH reports that a total of 773,623 doses of vaccine were administered, including 117,983 at long-term facilities. The seven-day average of vaccines administered is 33,698.
IDPH says vaccine distribution numbers are reported in real time, and vaccine administration numbers remain at up to 72 hours.
On Wednesday morning, Governor JB Pritzker visited a mass vaccination site at Fairgrounds in Grayslake Lake County.
“This site was built not only to meet the current limited supply needed, but also to increase as more and more doses come from the federal government,” Governor Pritzker said.
With Illinois now in Phase 1B, people over the age of 65 and many essential workers are now eligible to receive the vaccine. It includes about another 3.2 million people.
The Illinois National Guard will help with vaccinations at Cook County Health Centers in half a dozen suburbs. There are several implementations planned throughout the state.
Officials said that starting Monday, those guard-backed sites will take 1 B appointments, as will pharmacies in hundreds of Walgreens, CVS and Jewel locations.
Walgreens provides vaccines at 92 sites across the country and appointments can be made on their website, while Jewel-Osco will begin vaccinating eligible residents on Tuesday, with appointments available on their website.
Governor JB Pritzker said there are plans to launch entry sites as the supply of vaccines increases.
On Monday, Governor Pritzker and Cook County Council President Toni Preckwinkle visited the Tinley Park Convention Center, which is set to become a mass vaccination site.
Governor Pritzker has announced the creation of a new portal, coronavirus.illinois.gov, to provide the latest information on vaccines.
“Today, as we launch the latest phase of our Vaccine Management Plan for essential front-line workers and those over the age of 65, I am proud to announce the locator of our nationwide vaccination site, which can be searched by zip code and city, at coronavirus.illinois.gov, “said Governor JB Pritzker.” This site will serve as the hub for all vaccine-related information, directing residents to the booking pages of the 97’s homepages. of local health departments and our pharmacy partners, which will total hundreds of locations statewide, including information about our first Illinois National On-call Vaccination Site, which opens tomorrow at the Tinley Convention Center Park and will be updated as more state-run sites and hundreds of additional local options come online. present and every state in the nation is facing a shortage, I urge all eligible Illinois to return regularly for the available meetings – and in the meantime to disguise, keep our distance, wash our hands and remember that we will stay healthy and safe if we look at each other. “
Deaths reported Wednesday include:
– Adams county: 1 woman of 80, 1 man of 80, 1 man of 90 years
– Cass county: 1 man from the ’80s
– Clark County: 1 man aged 80 years
– Cook County: 1 man 30 years old, 1 woman 40 years old, 1 man 40 years old, 1 man 50 years old, 1 woman 60 years old, 3 men 60 years old, 2 women 70 years old years old, 4 men 70 years old, 1 woman 80 years old, 3 men 80 years old, 3 women 90 years old, 1 man 1990s
– DeKalb County: 1 woman 80, 1 man 80, 1 man 100+
– DuPage County: 1 woman of 80, 1 woman of 90, 1 man of 90 years
– Grundy County: 1 man aged 70 years
– Hancock County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Hardin County: 1 man from the 90s
– Henry County: 1 woman aged 70 years
– Jefferson County: 2 men from the ’70s
– Kane County: 1 40-year-old woman, 1 90-year-old woman
– Kendall County: 1 man aged 70 years
– Knox County: 1 50-year-old man
– Lake County: 2 women aged 90 years
– LaSalle County: 2 men from the 70s
– Livingston County: 1 80-year-old man
– Logan County: 1 woman of 80 years
– Madison County: 1 man 60, 1 man 70, 1 woman 80, 1 man 90
– McHenry County: 1 woman aged 50, 1 man aged 60
– McLean County: 1 woman in the 90s, 1 man in the 90s
– Montgomery County: 1 woman of 50 years, 1 woman of 80 years
– Ogle county: 1 man of 80 years
– Saline County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Sangamon County: 1 man 70, 1 man 80, 1 woman 90
– St. county Clair: 3 women in their 70s, 1 woman in their 80s, 1 man in their 80s
– Stark County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Stephenson County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Tazewell County: 1 woman from the ’80s
– Vermilion County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Wayne County: 1 man aged 60 years
– Will County: 2 men 70, 2 men 80
– Williamson County: 1 woman from the ’80s
– Winnebago County: 1 man 70 years old, 1 man 90 years old
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