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Weather continues to cause vaccine delivery delays from the federal government. The state said it is in contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies to understand the logistical challenges and if there is anything Illinois can do to expedite getting vaccine. Moderna vaccine shipments to Chicago have not been delivered this week because of the winter storms in the region, causing appointments at clinics across the city to cancel or postpone vaccination s...

Joe Mahr and Angie Leventis Lourgos Chicago Tribune (TNS) Marj Leopardo is 85. Her husband, Sam, is 88. They both have health issues. And their days are now consumed with one thing: the vaccine hunt. The Crystal Lake couple are, on paper, just the kind of people the government wants at the front of the vaccine line. But they live in a country that’s struggled with the rollout, and in a state that’s struggled more than others. So that has meant reaching out daily to doctors’ offices, ph...

Illinois’ lagging COVID-19 vaccination numbers have become political fodder in the national finger-pointing over the slow rollout.

Late planning, decentralized oversight, a ‘Hunger Games’ sign-up: How Illinois has struggled more than most states rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine Read full article 1 / 8 Late planning, decentralized oversight, a ‘Hunger Games’ sign-up: How Illinois has struggled more than most states rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine Joe Mahr and Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune February 6, 2021, 3:30 AM·17 min read Marj Leopardo is 85. Her husband, Sam, is 88. They both have health issues. And...

The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Jan. 26-Feb. 1 is 4.9%. The test positivity rate is a metric the state began providing in late October. It is calculated by using the total number of positive tests over the total number of tests. This is the metric being used to by state health officials to make decisions about mitigations. A total of 1,455,825 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 496,100 doses allocated to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois health officials reported 2,312 new COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths Monday as restrictions were rolled back in south suburban Will and Kankakee counties. The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,128,613, with a total of 19,259 deaths, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 61,263 specimens for a total of 16,100,555. Will, Kankakee counties enter Phase 4 Will and Kankakee counties officially entered Phas...

Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,304 new coronavirus cases, 47 deaths; Cook County could enters Phase 4 ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team Cook Co. re-enters Phase 4 of reopening Replay Video UP NEXT Illinois health officials reported 2,304 new COVID-19 cases and 47 deaths Tuesday and restrictions have now been rolled back to Phase 4 for suburban Cook County. The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,130,917, with a total of 19,306 deaths, since the start of the COVID-19...

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Chicago area will be added to the roster of those allowed vaccines starting on Monday, but many will be waiting longer to receive their first shot, officials have said.

“I think the decision to lower the age eligibility for the vaccine rollout is appropriate, particularly when we have significant concerns right now about community spread,” said Dr. Mercedes Carnethon with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Steve Brandy with the Will County Health Department said the county is trying to get more partners and medical providers involved to help distribute the vaccine. More than 40,000 people in Will County have taken a COVID-19 Vaccination R...