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/PRNewswire/ -- To date, 185 million people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with one of three vaccines: the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or...
As U.S. Food and Drug Administration experts debate offering a third Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shot to bolster immunity against COVID-19, Illinois presents a steep contrast in inoculation rates against the deadly virus. Out of 102 counties, DuPage leads with 71% of residents ages 18 to 64 who are fully vaccinated, compared to downstate Alexander with just 17%.
Updated 7/30/2021 7:05 PM Sixteen months into the pandemic, COVID-19 case counts in Illinois are higher than they were a year ago. Hospitalizations and deaths are lower than at this time last year, however, with health officials crediting the vaccines. Now, the state is averaging 1,669 new cases a day for the week, Illinois Department of Public Health records show. During the same seven-day period last year, the state was averaging 1,424 new cases each day. The state's seven-day case positivity rate of 4% also is also higher than it was a year ago, when it was 3.8%. But the biggest differe...
Delta variant continues quick spread across Illinois Only about 10% of the state's positive COVID-19 tests are sent to labs for genomic sequencing to determine what strain of the virus caused the infection. Associated Press/March 4 During the past week, 279 new variant cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Illinois.w Illinois Department of Public Health researchers said Friday that 72% of the new variant cases -- 200 in all -- were the highly contagious delta variant. While that may seem like a small number, keep in mind only 10% of the state's positive test samples are...
Updated 6/29/2021 6:41 PM With the COVID-19 Delta variant "a growing presence in Illinois," officials warned vaccinated people to wear masks indoors when conditions merit it and urged shot-hesitant residents to get inoculated rather than gamble with a highly contagious strain of a deadly virus. The number of Delta variant cases identified by the Illinois Department of Public Health reached 103 Tuesday, a 61% increase in two weeks compared with 64 cases on June 15. "Looking at the speed at which the Delta variant has spread in other countries, and the current trajectory here, we anticipate ...