IDPH reports a total of 1,160,523 COVID-19 cases, including 19,926 deaths.
Friday night, there were 1,892 patients in Illinois who were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 425 patients were in the ICU and 202 patients were given COVID-19 breathing equipment.
The seven-day statewide preliminary test positivity from Feb. 6-12 is 3.6%.
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A total of 2,125,375 vaccine doses have been delivered to health care providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 445,200 doses assigned to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,570,575.
Vaccinations remain scarce, even for those eligible before the Group 1B expansion. Efforts to vaccinate minorities remain inadequate, and data reviewed by the ABC7 I-Team shows that more women receive injections than men by a margin of nearly 2 to 1.
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The IDPH says vaccine distribution numbers are reported in real-time and vaccine delivery lags by as much as 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,724,187 vaccine doses have been administered, including 238,075 in long-term facilities. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered is 61,384, the highest to date.
The state reported a record 95,000 vaccines administered Friday, saying 10% of Illinois residents received their first dose of the vaccine.
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Beginning in March, COVID-19 vaccines will go to federally funded health centers in underprivileged communities across Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker announced Friday.
“What we can’t do is let the spread of the vaccine exacerbate disparities that existed long before COVID-19,” said Pritzker. “Inequalities that I have committed and that I keep trying to eliminate.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website said the vaccine will be shipped to federally qualified health centers, also known as FQHCs. The special program begins Monday at centers across the country, but health officials in Illinois don’t expect shipments until mid-March.
Pritzker and the state’s highest-ranking health officer, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, made the announcement at Aunt Martha’s Health & Wellness center in Chicago Heights. According to Mary Martin, Aunt Martha’s chief financial officer, Aunt Martha’s various locations are now preparing for those federal missions.
“The federal government will issue a separate stock that is not cut off from the Illinois allotment,” said Dr. Ezike. “This is in addition to what Illinois is getting.”
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The race to get more vaccine was pertinent during the governor’s press conference, especially when Aunt Martha CEO Raul Garza announced that his father, Raymond Garza, died of COVID-19 on Feb. 2. The 82-year-old from Chesterton, Indiana, got COVID around the new year and was also not eligible for a chance.
“My father, Raymond Garza, like so many people, didn’t have the chance to get vaccinated. He wasn’t granted that at the time he was in his life. I hope people can make that decision,” Raul said. .
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At this point, it’s unclear how many federally funded health centers in Illinois will receive federal vaccine shipments.
The first health centers in this program will serve a variety of people who are residents of social housing, migrant or seasonal agricultural workers, patients with limited English skills, and those who are homeless, according to the CDC.
Walgreens began vaccinating those who were eligible against the disease on Friday. They give priority to health workers, people over 65 and people with pre-existing conditions. Earlier this week, Walgreens’ site has crashed when individuals who wanted the vaccine rushed to sign up.
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The deaths reported Saturday include:
– Champaign County: 1 woman 30, 1 woman 50, 1 man 70, 1 man 80, 1 woman 90
– Clark County: 1 man from the 1970s
– Cook County: 2 women 1970s, 1 man 70, 1 man 80, 1 woman 90, 1 man 90
– DuPage County: 1 man 50s, 2 women 70s, 1 woman 80s, 1 woman 90s, 2 men 90s
– Edwards County: 1 man in his 40s
– Franklin County: 1 female 1960s
– Gallatin County: 1 woman in her 80’s
Jefferson County: 1 female 1960s
Johnson County: 1 man in his 80’s
– Lake County: 1 man 40, 3 men 70
– LaSalle County: 1 man from the 90’s
– Macon County: 1 female 1960s
Madison County: 1 guy from the 70’s, 1 guy from the 80’s
– McLean County: 1 man from the 90’s
– Monroe County: 2 men 1970s
– Peoria County: 1 man 50er, 1 man 60er, 1 man 70er, 1 man 80er, 1 woman 90er
– Rock Island County: 1 man in his 40s
– Saline County: 1 man 1960s
– St. Clair County: 1 man in the 70’s, 1 woman in the 80, 1 man in the 90
– Stephenson County: 1 female 80er, 1 male 80er
– Tazewell County: 1 man in his 90’s
– Vermilion County: 1 female 70’s, 1 male 80’s
– Wayne County: 1 woman in her 90’s
– Will County: 1 female 90’s
– Williamson County: 1 female 90’s
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