More than 340 new retail pharmacy locations have been added to the list of COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state since Wednesday, with federal vaccine allocations going directly to some
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a vaccination site in Elgin Thursday.
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Vaccine operations and eligibility are expanding across the state as Illinois’ seven-day rolling positivity rate remained at 3.3 percent for the fourth consecutive day Thursday.
While touring an Illinois Department of Human Services vaccination site at the Elgin Mental Health Center Thursday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced that over the last week, Illinois was the number one state among the top 10 most populous states in the nation for per capita vaccinations.
“And although Illinois is the sixth largest state in the country, we have now administered the fifth most vaccinations among all of the states,” Pritzker said. “Those are things to be very proud of.”