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Updated 12/23/2020 5:53 AM
The U.S. Surgeon General said Illinois COVID-19 metrics are moving in the right direction as new COVID-19 infections numbered 6,239 Tuesday and case averages dropped compared to November and December highs. And we have the finish line in sight with these two vaccines by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams said during a visit to the state Tuesday.
A total of 234,450 doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the two pharmaceutical companies are arriving this week for health care workers in the suburbs and elsewhere in Illinois. Chicago is getting a separate shipment.
The seven-day average for new cases is 6,755 19% less than the daily average of 8,384 for December and 34% less than the 10,278 average in November two months that marked a surge in infections.
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On Monday, Dec. 21, the Los Angeles Lakers forward was challenged by
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams to take the COVID-19 vaccine despite James not meeting the qualifications set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Per CDC recommendations, “frontline essential workers” such as emergency responders, teachers, and people over 75 should be next in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome M. Adams, LeBron James. (Photos: @u.s.surgeongeneral/Instagram, @kingjames/Instagram)
Illinois officials Tuesday reported 116 new COVID-19 deaths and 6,239 additional cases of the virus.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported a total of 15,414 COVID-19-related deaths and 911,308 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
More deliveries of vaccines meant to fight off the virus were expected in the state this week.
After the first 109,000 COVID-19 vaccines made by the companies Pfizer and BioNTech arrived last week and began to be administered to frontline health care workers in Illinois, 60,450 more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were to be delivered to Illinois sites Tuesday and Wednesday.