IDPH is reporting a total of 1,163,674 COVID-19 cases, including 20,002 deaths.
As of Sunday night, 1,789 patients in Illinois were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of these, 389 patients were in the ICU and 184 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary positivity of the seven-day state test from February 8 to 14 is 3.5%.
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The city of Chicago is expanding in-house restaurants on Tuesday.
The expansion now allows bars, restaurants and events to offer indoor service to 40% or 50 people.
The change comes at a time when the city is making significant progress in fighting the COVID-19 virus, city officials said.
Other regulations will remain in place to ensure that the increase in users does not cause a regression.
This means that the size of the table remains limited to no more than six people, the liquor service must end at 11 pm, establishments must close for on-site service until midnight and food must be available at all times for offer indoor service.
A total of 2,027,725 doses of the vaccine were delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 445,200 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered to Illinois to 2,472,925 .
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Several Cook County vaccination sites will be closed on Tuesday, February 16, due to the winter storm, officials said. Vaccination will continue at Stroger Hospital, Provident Hospital and Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, but all other sites, including large-scale sites, will be closed.
Authorities said that anyone who already has an appointment will be contacted and rescheduled for another appointment this week.
IDPH said vaccine delivery numbers are reported in real time and vaccine delivery numbers are delayed by up to 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,823,208 doses of vaccine have been administered, including 248,925 in long-term facilities. The seven-day moving average of vaccines administered is 66,320, the highest so far. Sunday, 39,863 doses were administered.
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Since the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in America are two-dose vaccines, the number of consultations – already scarce at the beginning – is expected to drop dramatically in the coming weeks for those looking for the first dose.
“In fact, we were notified on Thursday by IDPH that our allocation would be reduced by 75%,” said Karen Ayala, Executive Director, DuPage County Health Department.
IDPH said that the limited supply of vaccines and the need to reserve existing doses for those who need a second injection requires a reduction.
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Since Chicago and Cook’s suburban district receive their vaccines directly from the federal government, not the state, they are not being affected by the reduction. Weiss Hospital in Uptown operates a vaccination clinic three days a week, which on Monday hosted a wave of President’s Day vaccinations for teachers and CPS staff who were preparing to return to personal learning. They said their clinic does not retain any doses.
“As soon as we were sure that the second dose was coming, we simply continued to use everything we had,” said Dr. Clement Rose of Weiss Hospital. “We have been promised that, as long as they keep us ahead of schedule, or using our vaccines, we will receive the same shipment, as long as we place the order until 5pm on Tuesdays.”
The city’s health department said that while supplies remain extremely tight, there will be a slight increase in the number of first doses received in Chicago this week. None of Tuesday’s clinics were affected by the winter storm.
Last week, Governor Pritzker said the state would soon expand the number of people eligible to be vaccinated in Phase 1B to those over 16 with pre-existing illnesses, but Chicago, Cook and most collar counties they said it wouldn’t be done.
“There is simply not enough vaccine, but there will be enough vaccine over time,” said Ayala. “What doesn’t help, I think, is leaving people with the expectation that yes, we will have a lot of vaccines and we will open these priority groups and then, boom, we don’t. That is the frustration.”
Based on federal projections of vaccine shipments, IDPH said it expects the shortage of first doses to continue until March.
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Walgreens started vaccinating those eligible for the disease on Friday. They are prioritizing health professionals, those over 65 and those with pre-existing illnesses. Earlier this week, The Walgreens website failed when individuals who wanted the vaccine ran to sign up.
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Deaths reported on Monday include:
Champaign County: 1 man 40 years old, 1 woman 70 years old, 1 man 80 years old
– Cook County: 1 man 20 years, 1 man 40 years, 1 woman 50 years, 2 men 50 years, 3 women 60 years, 2 men 60 years, 4 women 70 years, 2 men 70 years, 2 women 80 years, 4 men 80 years old, 2 men 90 years old
– Douglas County: 1 woman from the 80s
– DuPage County: 1 male aged 60, 1 female aged 70, 1 male aged 70
– Kane County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Lake County: 1 man 60 years old, 2 women 90 years old, 1 man 90 years old
– McLean County: 1 woman from the 80s
– Peoria County: 1 male, 60 years old
– Will County: 1 man 50 years old, 2 men 80 years old
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