Illinois COVID-19 vaccine providers averaged more than 102,147 shots a day over the past week, compared to less than 53,000 shots a day less than a month ago.
Illinois Department of Public Health officials also reported Monday that 62,508 vaccines were given the day before. Although below average, many vaccination sites are closed or have a reduced schedule on Sundays.
So far, statewide vaccine suppliers have given 4,102,810 shots since the first doses arrived in Illinois three months ago. There are now 1,524,765 people in Illinois who have been completely vaccinated thanks to the state’s vaccine supply, or about 12% of the population, according to IDPH records. Many others are in the waiting period between the first and second dose of the Modern or Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine.
State officials also reported 12 more deaths from COVID-19 and 782 recently diagnosed cases.
This puts the number of virus deaths in the state at 20,955, with 1,210,113 infected since the outbreak began.
While this is the first time the number of new cases has been below 1,000 since July, only 39,145 test results were also returned. This kept the statewide seven-day case positivity rate at 2.2%, roughly where it has been for almost two weeks. At the peak of mid-November, the seven-day average positivity rate of cases in the state was 13.2%. The percentage indicates how many of the tests performed led to the diagnosis of a new case of the disease.
Meanwhile, hospitals across the state treat 1,112 patients for COVID-19 infections. Of those hospitalized, 227 are in intensive care, according to IDPH data.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced plans to deploy Illinois National Guard mobile vaccination units to more rural parts of the state. As more vaccination sites are built, accessibility to vaccine doses is expected to increase, especially in the suburbs.
This is the case in Kane County, where officials announced that a new vaccination site would be built in Batavia and that it will open on Friday will serve those currently eligible under state guidelines until April, and that they will open to everyone on May 1st. workers, people aged 65 and over and under 65 with medical conditions that increase the risk of serious cases if they receive COVID-19.
“We will be able to open it up to our entire eligible adult population so we can get vaccinated,” Corinne Pierog, president of the Kane County Board, told ABC 7 Chicago Monday.