IDPH reports a total of 1,162,154 total COVID-19 cases, including 19,961 deaths.
As of Saturday night, 1,777 patients were reported to have been hospitalized in Illinois with COVID-19. Of these, 373 patients were in the ICU and 189 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day positive test positivity from February 7 to 13 is 3.6%.
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A total of 2,125,375 doses of vaccine were delivered to suppliers in Illinois, including Chicago, with another 445,200 doses delivered to federal government partners for long-term care facilities, bringing the total number delivered in Illinois to 2,570,575.
Vaccine appointments remain scarce, even for those eligible for Group 1B expansion. Attempts to vaccinate minorities are still falling short, and data reviewed by the ABC7 I-Team shows that more women get shots with almost 2 to 1 margin than men.
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The IDPH says that the distribution numbers of vaccines are reported in real time and that the number of vaccines lags by as much as 72 hours.
IDPH reports that a total of 1,724,187 doses of vaccine were administered, including 238,075 at long-term facilities. The seven-day moving average of vaccines is 61,384, the highest to date.
The state reported a record number of 95,000 vaccines administered Friday, saying 10% of Illinoisans received their first dose of the vaccine.
Feds plan to send vaccine to sub-communities
As of March, COVID-19 vaccines to federal-funded health centers in underserved communities in Illinois will be throughout, government JB Pritzker announced Friday.
“What we cannot do is that the distribution of vaccines exacerbates the inequalities that existed long before COVID-19,” Pritzker said. “Inequalities that I am committed to and still are committed to eliminating.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website said the vaccine would be sent to Federally Qualified Health Center, also known as FQHCs. The special program will begin Monday in centers across the country, but health officials in Illinois do not expect shipping until mid-March.
Pritzker and the state health official, dr. Ngozi Ezike, made the announcement at Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness Center in Chicago Heights. According to Martin Martin, Aunt Martha’s CFO, Aunt Martha is now preparing for the federal shipments at various locations.
“The federal government will give out a separate stock to not cut off from the Illinois grant,” said Dr. Ezike said. “It’s above and beyond what Illinois gets.”
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The race to get more vaccinations was relevant during the governor’s news conference, especially when Aunt Martha’s CEO, Raul Garza, announced that his father, Raymond Garza, had died of COVID-19 on 2 February. The 82-year-old from Chesterton, Indiana, got COVID during the new year and also could not get a chance.
“My father, Raymond Garza, like so many people, did not have the chance to be vaccinated. It was not granted to him at the time he was in his life. I hope people can make the decision,” he said. Raul said. .
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At this point, it is unclear how many federally funded health centers in Illinois will receive federal vaccine shipments.
According to the CDC, the first health centers in this program will serve various people who are residents of state houses, migrant workers or seasonal agricultural workers, patients with limited English skills and those who are homeless.
Walgreens vaccinated those eligible for the disease on Friday. They give preference to health workers, older than 65 and those who already exist before. Earlier this week, Walgreens’ website crashed when individuals who want the vaccine report quickly.
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The deaths reported on Saturday include:
– Champaign County: 1 30s, 1 50s, 1 70s, 1 80s, 1 90s
– Clark County: 1 70-year-old man
– Cook County: 2 women 70s, 1 70s, 1 80s, 1 90s, 1 90s
– DuPage County: 1 male 50s, 2 women 70s, 1 80s female, 1 female 90s, 2 men 90s
– Edwards County: 1 40-year-old man
– Franklin County: 1 female 60’s
– Gallatin County: 1 female 80s
– Jefferson County: 1 female 60s
– Johnson County: 1 man 80’s
– Lake County: 1 man 40s, 3 men 70s
– LaSalle County: 1 90-year-old man
– Macon County: 1 female 60s
– Madison County: 1 man 70s, 1 80s man
– McLean County: 1 male 90s
– Monroe County: 2 men 70s
– Peoria County: 1 50-year-old man, 1 60-year-old man, 1 70-year-old man, 1 80-year-old man, 1 90-year-old woman
– Rock Island County: 1 40-year-old man
– Saline County: 1 60-year-old man
– St. Clair County: 1 man 70s, 1 80s woman, 1 90s man
– Stephenson County: 1 80-year-old woman, 1 80-year-old woman
– Tazewell County: 1 90-year-old man
– Vermilion County: 1 female 70s, 1 80s female
– Wayne County: 1 female 90s
– Will County: 1 female 90s
– Williamson County: 1 female 90s
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