Several Chicago-area hospitals will receive additional COVID vaccine doses from the state as part of a new pilot program aimed at increasing equitable.
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Cars pull up for COVID-19 vaccinations at Belle-Clair Fairgrounds in Belleville on Feb. 1, the first day for a drive-thru clinic operated by St. Clair County agencies with help from the National Guard. On Friday, nearly 80% of the appointments were taken by people as far away as California.
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St. Clair County officials said Saturday they are making changes to COVID-19 vaccination scheduling a day after hundreds of ineligible people made appointments.
On Friday, an estimated 800 people who were not eligible under state and county vaccination guidelines had scheduled appointments through a link and password that officials believe was shared via email, text message and social media. The county asks eligible residents not to share that information when the health department or a hospital administering vaccines provides it to them.
Southwestern IL counties report 400 new COVID-19 cases since Christmas Eve
Belleville News-Democrat 12/27/2020 Lexi Cortes, Belleville News-Democrat
Dec. 27 Metro-east health officials on Saturday reported 400 new COVID-19 diagnoses in their communities and 13 deaths to the respiratory disease.
Some counties included statistics from multiple days in the numbers they announced Saturday, following the holidays. Washington County reported data from three days; St. Clair County reported data from two.
Local leaders don t yet know if there will be a surge in diagnoses following December holidays, including Christmas. It will take a couple of weeks to find out, Herb Simmons, director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency, said during Saturday s county COVID-19 briefing.