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Updated 12/9/2020 6:21 PM
Lake County residents can start registering for COVID-19 vaccines, officials said Wednesday, as deaths from the virus statewide grew by about 28% in a week.
Meanwhile, officials confirmed that months and months from now when the general public can get COVID-19 shots, doses will be available at myriad locations, from your doctor s office to corner drugstores.
New COVID-19 cases numbered 8,256 Wednesday with an additional 179 people dying from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported.
Deaths over the past week averaged about 148 people a day, compared to about 116 deaths per day from Nov. 26 to Dec. 2.
The news comes with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration poised to potentially approve a Pfizer Inc. vaccine Thursday, triggering distribution among health care workers in the coming days.