Almost two-thirds of all adults have gotten at least one shot, and 47% of adults are fully covered. Chicago’s regional figures are about the same.
The state’s daily vaccination rate has ticked up slightly this week, but it’s still down 42% overall compared to mid-April.
Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady urged more residents to roll up their sleeves at one of the city’s latest vaccination events at Theater Wit in the Lake View neighborhood.
“COVID-19 vaccines are hands down the best tool we have to protect Chicagoans against this deadly virus. We are excited about plans to reopen Chicago safely this summer so we can get back to the live performances and cultural events that make Chicago a world-class city,” Arwady said. “Get your vaccine today so you can safely enjoy arts and culture this summer.”
"If you’re over 65, no questions asked: we will bring vaccine to your house at a time that’s convenient for you, and vaccinate anybody else, really, in your family or at home," Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.
People wait for their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine outside a mobile clinic that’s parked in front of West Town Bakery and Diner in the East Ukrainian Village neighborhood on Tuesday. About 38% of Illinois residents are fully vaccinated.
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Public health officials on Wednesday announced 1,633 more Illinois residents have tested positive for COVID-19, which claimed another 28 lives.
The new cases were diagnosed among 67,166 tests, keeping the average statewide positivity rate at a two-month low of 2.3%, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The latest one-day coronavirus death toll included two Cook County men in their 20s and 30s, raising the state’s pandemic total to 22,494 dating back to March 2020.
Nurse Tamara Jones checks blood sugar levels for a 73-year-old woman with COVID-19 last fall in the Intensive Care Unit at Roseland Community Hospital. COVID-19 deaths are on the rise again in Illinois due to a spike in cases earlier this spring.
Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Public health officials on Saturday attributed 47 more Illinois deaths to COVID-19, closing out a week that saw 225 lives lost to the virus statewide.
The latest daily death count and Friday’s figure of 49 deaths both marked the worst one-day tolls the state has seen in over two months.
Infection rates are falling statewide, but coronavirus fatalities remain on the rise with an average of 32 deaths per day over the past week, compared to a rate of 22 daily deaths in mid-April.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely gather maskless in most settings, indoors or out.
But will the immunized be allowed to ditch the masks inside Chicago bars and restaurants? Not quite yet.
City officials on Friday said they expect to “broadly follow” the CDC’s new bare-faced guidelines, but local officials are still ordering face coverings to stay on at establishments while they work out a new set of business regulations with the state.
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