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Kristen Thometz | May 26, 2021 5:45 pm
(WTTW News)
Half of suburban Cook County’s COVID-19 mass vaccination sites will close Thursday as demand for the vaccine wanes and officials focus their efforts on community-based vaccination initiatives, according to a Cook County Health release.
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Tinley Park, South Holland and River Grove sites will close and be consolidated into sites in Forest Park, Des Plaines and Matteson, according to the release.
“We have accomplished our first goal vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 with a large-scale strategy,” said Cook County Health CEO Israel Rocha in a statement.
More than 267,000 vaccine doses have been administered at the Tinley Park, South Holland and River Grove sites since they were opened, according to officials. Cook County Health has administered more than 800,000 doses in all and approximately half of all eligible suburban Cook County residents have received at least one shot of the
Cook County officials Monday kicked off a new outreach campaign to encourage residents to get the vaccine after a survey found that 46% of African Americans and 35% of Latinos in the county have doubts about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
CHICAGO (WLS) Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported 1,700 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 55 deaths on Thursday.
The state s test positivity hit another new record low for a second straight day, falling to 2.5%. The state also set another vaccine record Thursday, reaching it s highest-ever 7-day vaccination average.
Officials said they are targeting 30 suburban Cook County communities for some of the remaining United Center appointments. We re told that list is still being compiled, but we have a sense of where many of those areas might be.
Officials said Thursday the the appointments will be prioritized for areas with high infection rates and low vaccine uptake, determined, in part, by the county s COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index.