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 have reported 96,525 specimens for a total of 16,918,910.
What protection does the COVID-19 vaccine offer? How vaccinated people should approach to see others
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 the ICU and 227 patients with COVID-19 with ventilators.
The preliminary positivity of the seven-day state test from February 4 to 10 is 3.9%.
RELATED: Illinois COVID Vaccine Map Shows Number of Vaccinated Residents by County
A total of 1,929,850 doses of vaccine were delivered to Illinois suppliers, including Chicago, with an additional 456,100 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care centers, raising the total number of deliveries. in Illinois at 2,385,950.
RELATED: Coronavirus Testing in Illinois: Where to Test COVID-19 in Illinois, Chicago Area
The IDPH says vaccine distribution data are reported in real time and vaccine administration data is up to 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,549,108 vaccine doses have been administered, including 226,974 in long-term facilities. The rotating average of seven days of administered vaccines is 56,094.
Governor Pritzker visits the Elgin vaccine site
Governor JB Pritzker reported Thursday morning on vaccination efforts at the Elgin Mental Health Center in Elgin.
The vaccination site of the Elgin Department of Human Services accommodates many patients and has dozens of staff members. On Thursday morning, 50 patients and staff members received the second doses of the COVID 19 vaccine.
With the vaccine still scarce, Governor Pritzker says we are still one of the leading states when it comes to vaccinations.
“It’s because of these hands-on efforts on deck that Illinois is setting new records in vaccine release,” Pritzker said. “Over the past week, Illinois was the number one state among the ten most populous states in the country in per capita vaccinations, and while Illinois is the sixth largest state in the country, we have now administered the fifth largest vaccination among all states “
The governor also mentioned an increase in the federal government’s supply soon, but there is still a massive shortage of vaccines.
On Wednesday, Pritzker announced that Illinois is planning to extend Phase 1B eligibility on Feb. 25 to people with comorbidities and underlying conditions, as defined by the CDC. In addition, Illinois will also prioritize people with disabilities.
However, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday in a statement that the city and county would not extend Phase 1B eligibility.
“Doing so in Chicago and Cook County would add more than a million additional people to 1b, and the result would be that those currently eligible, including seniors, front-line essential workers, and those in our COVID-laden communities would find it harder to get a vaccine, “Lightfoot and Preckwinkle said in a statement
The high-risk categories covered in the expansion include:
-Cancer
-Chronic kidney disease
-COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
-Diabetes
-Condition of the heart
-Immunocompromised state of a solid organ transplant
-Obesity
-Pregnancy
-Lung disease
-Sickle cell disease
This expansion could nearly double the number of people currently eligible for the vaccine at a time when supply is low, but the governor expressed optimism that federal government deliveries would increase significantly in the coming weeks.
“My administration will work with all local public health departments to include these most at-risk people in their community vaccination plans in the coming weeks,” Pritzker said.
Find out how many people can get a COVID-19 vaccine before you
The deaths reported on Thursday include:
– County Clay: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Clinton County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– County of Coles: 1 man of 60 years
– Cook County: 1 man 30 years, 1 woman 40 years, 1 man 40 years, 1 woman 50 years, 4 men 50 years, 6 women 60 years, 6 men 60 years, 7 women 70, 7 men 70 years, 7 women 80 years, 7 men 80 years, 4 women 90 years, 2 men 90 years
– DeKalb County: 1 woman 90
– DuPage County: 1 woman 40, 3 men 70, 1 woman 80, 1 man 90
– Greene County: 1 woman aged 50 years
– Grundy County: 1 man of 60 years
– Jefferson County: 1 man from the 80s
– Kane County: 1 man from the 60s, 1 man from the 70s, 1 woman from the 90s
– Knox County: 1 woman aged 80 years
– Lake County: 1 50-year-old man
– Lawrence County: 1 man from the 60s
– Livingston County: 1 man from the 80’s
– Logan County: 1 woman 90
– Marion County: 1 man from the 70s
– McLean County: 1 man aged 60 years
– Monroe County: 1 man from the 70s, 1 woman from the 90s
– County of Moultrie: 1 man of the 70s
– Randolph County: 1 man from the 70s
– Sangamon County: 1 woman aged 70 years
– County of St. Clair: 1 woman of 50 years, 1 woman of 90 years
– Stephenson County: 1 man from the 80s
– Tazewell County: 1 woman 40, 1 woman 50, 1 male 70, 1 woman 90
– Vermilion County: 1 man from the 70s
– Washington County: 1 woman aged 90 years
– Whiteside County: 1 60-year-old man, 1 90-year-old man
– Will County: 1 man 50 years, 1 man 60 years, 3 men 70 years, 1 woman 80 years, 2 women 90
– Winnebago County: 1 woman 90
Copyright © 2021 WLS-TV. All rights reserved.