COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Support for Local Governments
A three-step plan to help you keep citizens informed about vaccine availability; accept and respond to citizen inquiries; book vaccination appointments; and secure PHI. by CivicPlus / February 4, 2021 SPONSORED
After months of fear, stay-at-home orders and millions of lost lives, our world is finally turning with hope to the potential abatement of the deadly coronavirus. That hope comes in the form of a vaccine being rapidly produced, distributed and administered to those in desperate need. With the prospect of mass vaccination comes new challenges for federal agencies, states and municipalities: how to effectively triage vaccination dissemination, and keep citizens informed about the availability of the shot in their area and when they should expect to be eligible for receipt.
Updated 12/24/2020 4:37 PM
New cases of COVID-19 totaled 7,037 with 96 additional deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday.
The state s total to date is 925,107 cases, including 15,643 deaths, across 102 counties.
The positivity rate for COVID-19 cases measured 7.2%, based on a seven-day average, down from 7.5% on Wednesday and 8.4% a week ago.
As of last night, 4,488 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19, officials said. Of those, 944 patients were in the ICU and 518 patients were on ventilators.
Statewide, there were 654 ICU beds available, out of 3,279, and 4,145 ventilators available, out of 5,703.
The numbers came a day after Illinois Director of Public Health Ngozi Ezike asked people to celebrate the holidays at home, with people they currently live with, and to otherwise take the utmost precautions to avoid another surge in cases.
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Illinois COVID-19 Update: 1st vaccines arrive as IL reports 7,214 cases, 103 coronavirus deaths
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CHICAGO (WLS) History was made in Illinois as the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state Monday. The first health care workers are expected to get the vaccine Tuesday. Eleven months after scientists the world over got their hands on the genetic sequence of the virus, we are seeing the beginning of the end of this pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker said.
The vaccine arrived as Illinois public health officials reported 7,214 COVID-19 cases and 103 related deaths Monday. The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 856,118, with a total of 14,394 deaths.