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, laboratories have reported 80,124 specimens 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 the ICU and 300 patients with COVID-19 with ventilators.
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The preliminary positivity of the seven-day state test from January 20 to 26 is 5.6%.
The test positivity rate is a metric that the state began providing in late October. It is calculated using the total number of positive tests over the total number of tests. This is the metric that state health officials used to make mitigation decisions.
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A total of 1,253,300 doses of vaccine have been delivered to Illinois providers, including Chicago, with an additional 537,050 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, making the number total deliveries in Illinois is 1,790,350.
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IDPH reports that a total of 773,623 vaccine doses have been administered, including 117,983 in long-term facilities. The average of seven days of vaccines administered is 33,698.
The IDPH says vaccine distribution data are reported in real time and vaccine administration data is up to 72 hours.
On Wednesday morning, Governor JB Pritzker visited a mass vaccination site at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
“This site has been built not only to meet the current limited supply that is needed, but also to grow as more and more doses arrive from the federal government,” Governor Pritzker said.
With Illinois now in Phase 1B, people over the age of 65 and many essential workers are already eligible to receive the vaccine. This includes approximately 3.2 million additional people.
The Illinois National Guard will help with vaccines at Cook County health centers in half a dozen suburbs. There are more planned deployments across the state.
Officials said that as of Monday, those guard-supported sites will meet 1B, as well as the pharmacies of hundreds of Walgreens, CVS and Jewel centers.
Walgreens provides vaccinations at 92 sites across the state and appointments can be made on its website, while Jewel-Osco will begin vaccinating eligible residents on Tuesday, with appointments available on its website.
Governor JB Pritzker said there are plans to launch places where it can be introduced once the vaccine supply increases.
On Monday, Governor Pritzker and Cook County Board Chairman Toni Preckwinkle toured the Tinley Park Convention Center, which is preparing to become a mass vaccination site.
Governor Pritzker announced the creation of a new portal, coronavirus.illinois.gov, to provide the latest information on vaccines.
“Today, as we launch the new phase of our vaccine management plan for essential front-line workers and people 65 and older, I’m proud to announce our statewide vaccination site locator , which can be searched by zip code and city, at coronavirus.illinois.gov, “Governor JB Pritzker said. “This site will serve as the hub for all vaccine-related information, which will direct residents to the appointment booking homepages of our 97 local health departments and our pharmacy partners, which will add up to hundreds of locations. This also includes information on our first Illinois National Guard Mass Vaccination Site, which will open tomorrow at the Tinley Park Convention Center, and will be updated as more sites managed by the state and hundreds of additional local options.Because the federal supply is currently limited and all states in the nation are facing a shortage, urge all Illinois residents to periodically check available appointments and , meanwhile, mask, keep your distance, wash your hands and remember that we will stay healthy and safe if we watch each other. “
The deaths reported on Wednesday include:
– Adams County: 1 woman 80, 1 male 80, 1 male 90
– Cass County: 1 man from the 80s
– Clark County: 1 man from the 80s
– Cook County: 1 man 30 years, 1 woman 40 years, 1 man 40 years, 1 man 50 years, 1 woman 60 years, 3 men 60 years, 2 women 70 years, 4 men 70 years, 1 woman of 80 years, 3 men of 80 years, 3 women of 90, 1 man 90 years
– DeKalb County: 1 woman 80, 1 man 80, 1 man 100+
– DuPage County: 1 woman aged 80, 1 woman aged 90, 1 man aged 90
– Grundy County: 1 man from the 70s
– Hancock County: 1 woman 90
– Hardin County: 1 man from the 90s
– Henry County: 1 woman aged 70 years
– Jefferson County: 2 70-year-old men
– Kane County: 1 40-year-old woman, 1 90-year-old woman
– Kendall County: 1 man from the 70s
– Knox County: 1 man of 50 years
– Lake County: 2 women 90
– LaSalle County: 2 men aged 70 years
– Livingston County: 1 man from the 80’s
– Logan County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Madison County: 1 man from the 60’s, 1 man from the 70’s, 1 woman from the 80’s, 1 man from the 90’s
– McHenry County: 1 woman aged 50, 1 man aged 60
– McLean County: 1 woman 90, 1 man 90
– Montgomery County: 1 woman aged 50, 1 woman aged 80 years
– Ogle County: 1 man from the 80s
– Saline County: 1 woman 90
– Sangamon County: 1 man from the 70s, 1 man from the 80s, 1 woman from the 90s
– County of St. Clair: 3 women aged 70, 1 woman aged 80, 1 man aged 80
– Stark County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Stephenson County: 1 woman 90
– Tazewell County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Vermilion County: 1 woman 90
– Wayne County: 1 60-year-old man
– Will County: 2 men aged 70, 2 men aged 80 years
– Williamson County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Winnebago County: 1 male 70 years, 1 male 90 years
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