IDPH is reporting a total of 1,162,154 cases of COVID-19, including 19,961 deaths.
As of Saturday night, 1,777 patients in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19. Of these, 373 patients were in the ICU and 189 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary positivity of the seven-day state test, from February 7 to 13, is 3.6%.
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A total of 2,125,375 doses of 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 2,570,575 .
Vaccine appointments remain scarce even for those who are eligible before the expansion of group 1B. Efforts to vaccinate minorities continue to fail, and the data reviewed by the ABC7 I-Team shows that more women are receiving vaccines than men by an almost 2 to 1 margin.
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IDPH says 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 1,724,187 doses of vaccine have been administered, including 238,075 in long-term care facilities. The seven-day moving average of vaccines administered is 61,384, the highest to date.
The state reported a record number of 95,000 vaccines administered on Friday, and said 10% of Illinois residents received their first dose of the vaccine.
Feds plan to send vaccine to poor communities
Beginning in March, COVID-19 vaccines will be sent to federally funded health centers in underserved communities across Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker announced on Friday.
“What we cannot do is allow the distribution of the vaccine to exacerbate the inequalities that existed long before COVID-19,” said Pritzker. “Inequalities that I am committed to and remain committed to eliminating.”
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website said the vaccine will be sent to Federally Qualified Health Centers, also known as FQHCs. The special program will begin on Monday in centers across the country, but Illinois health officials do not expect any shipments until mid-March.
Pritzker and the state’s chief health officer, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, made the announcement at Aunt Martha’s health and wellness center in Chicago Heights. Aunt Martha’s various locations are now preparing for these federal remittances, according to Mary Martin, Aunt Martha’s chief financial officer.
“The federal government will provide a separate supply so as not to be cut off from the Illinois allocation,” said Dr. Ezike. “This is beyond what Illinois earns.”
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The race to get more vaccine was relevant during the governor’s press conference, especially when Aunt Martha’s CEO Raul Garza announced that his father, Raymond Garza, died of COVID-19 on February 2. The 82-year-old man from Chesterton, Indiana, received COVID in the new year and was also not eligible for a chance.
“My father, Raymond Garza, like so many people, did not have the opportunity to be vaccinated. This was not granted to him at the time that he was in his life. I hope people can make that decision, ”said Raul.
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At this point, it is unclear how many federally funded health centers in Illinois will receive federal vaccine shipments.
The first health centers in this program, according to the CDC, will serve a number of people who are residents of public housing, seasonal or migrant farm workers, patients with limited English skills and homeless people
Walgreens started vaccinating those eligible for the disease on Friday. They are prioritizing healthcare 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 Saturday include:
– Champaign County: 1 woman 30 years old, 1 woman 50 years old, 1 man 70, 1 man 80, 1 woman 90
– Clark County: 1 70 year old man
– Cook County: 2 women 70 years old, 1 man 70 years old, 1 man 80 years old, 1 woman 90 years old, 1 man 90 years old
– DuPage County: 1 man aged 50, 2 women aged 70, 1 woman aged 80, 1 woman aged 90, 2 men aged 90
– Edwards County: 1 40 year old man
– Franklin County: 1 woman 60 years old
– County of Gallatin: 1 female, 80 years old
– Jefferson County: 1 woman 60 years old
– Johnson County: 1 man from the 80s
– Lake County: 1 man aged 40, 3 men aged 70
– LaSalle County: 1 man from the 90s
– Macon County: 1 woman 60 years old
– Madison County: 1 male 70 years old, 1 male 80 years old
– McLean County: 1 man from the 90s
– Monroe County: 2 men 70 years old
– Peoria County: 1 man aged 50, 1 man aged 60, 1 man aged 70, 1 man aged 80, 1 woman aged 90
– Rock Island County: 1 man 40 years old
– Saline County: 1 male, 60 years old
– St. Clair County: 1 man 70 years old, 1 woman 80 years old, 1 man 90 years old
– Stephenson County: 1 woman 80 years old, 1 man 80 years old
– Tazewell County: 1 man from the 90s
– Vermilion County: 1 woman 70 years old, 1 man 80 years old
– Wayne County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Will County: 1 woman from the 90s
– Williamson County: 1 woman from the 90s
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