Updated 7/15/2021 12:38 PM New cases of COVID-19 grew to 861 Thursday with seven more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. On Wednesday, 21,788 more COVID-19 shots were administered. The seven-day average is 21,813. The federal government has delivered 14,402,695 doses of vaccine to Illinois since distribution began in
Updated 7/15/2021 12:38 PM
New cases of COVID-19 grew to 861 Thursday with seven more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.
On Wednesday, 21,788 more COVID-19 shots were administered. The seven-day average is 21,813.
The federal government has delivered 14,402,695 doses of vaccine to Illinois since distribution began in mid-December and 12,895,755 shots have been administered.
So far, 6,330,947 people have been fully vaccinated or 49.7% of Illinois’ 12.7 million population. Vaccines manufactured by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. require two doses several weeks apart.
Illinois hospitals were treating 509 COVID-19 patients Wednesday night.
The state’s positivity rate for COVID-19 cases is 1.9% based on a seven-day average.
Total cases statewide stand at 1,399,270 and 23,350 Illinoisans have died since the pandemic began.
Labs processed 41,166 virus tests in the last 24 hours.
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