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In the city, the average daily case count has fallen to 157, which is down 38 percent from a week ago – and the test positivity rate is just 2.2 percent.

Just a few weeks ago, health officials in Will County were clamoring for more vaccine. Now they find themselves in need of more arms.

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine pause isn't preventing Pfizer and Moderna versions from going like hot cakes in the suburbs. Average new cases are down statewide, but the shots per day average also has dipped.

Officials: No known cases of serious side effects from J&J in Illinois or suburbs   A mass vaccination site at Elgin's Eastside Recreation Center was closed Tuesday after the state suspended use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Rick West | Staff Photographer   A mass vaccination site at Elgin's Eastside Recreation Center was closed Tuesday after the state suspended use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Rick West | Staff Photographer   Volunteer Veronica Noland explains the reason for Tuesday's closing of the mass vaccination site at Elgin's Eastside Recreation Center. ...

COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics were closed today in Aurora and Elgin after Illinois discontinued use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine "out of an abundance of caution" regarding blood clots in six women who'd had shots. There are no known cases of serious side effects from the vaccine in Illinois, a Chicago official said.