Updated 3/4/2021 6:37 AM
A new mass vaccination site opening in Des Plaines later this week will be the first location in the state to use the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to inoculate residents, health care and essential workers. This is the first large-scale vaccination site to use it, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday at a news conference from the facility at 1155 E. Oakton St., which once housed a Kmart store. That means we can more quickly get the vaccine into the arms of residents, and protect our communities and loved ones.
State officials announced Tuesday that 83,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be shipped to Illinois later this week.
Lowest Virus Case Hike In La Grange Since Crisis Began: County - La Grange, IL - Overall, La Grange has more coronavirus cases per capita than suburban Cook as a whole.
UpdatedMon, Feb 8, 2021 at 5:49 am CT
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As of Sunday, Illinois coronavirus case count increased to 1,126,301, up 2.3 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 19,243 state residents. (Shutterstock)
LA GRANGE, IL La Grange saw the lowest rate of increase in new coronavirus cases last week since the onset of the crisis.
As of Sunday, La Grange, including La Grange Highlands, had seen 1,744 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, up 32 from a week before, or a 1.9 percent increase, according to the Cook County Public Health Department. The three previous weeks were, chronologically, 4.6 percent, 6.4 percent, 3.4 percent and 2.5 percent.
New ways to get access to COVID-19 vaccination opened Monday for people 65 and older and essential workers in the suburbs, but slots filled quickly amid continued vaccine shortages.