COVID-19 statistics in southwest Illinois from May 22-28
Belleville News-Democrat
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Garen Vartanian, Belleville News-Democrat
May 29—COVID-19 summary for May 22-28
According to data released by the state health department May 28, the metro-east has now fully vaccinated 237,511 people out of the estimated 660,225 who live in the region.
In addition, 487,259 doses of the vaccine have been administered throughout the seven counties.
That represents an increase of 5,605 full vaccinations since the BND last reported data May 21 and an increase of at least one dose of the vaccine to 12,537 people in the region since May 21.
Meanwhile, Madison and St. Clair counties have combined to administer 391,091 vaccine doses, an increase of 10,655 from the previous week. Additionally, the two counties have fully vaccinated 189,724 against the coronavirus, an uptick of 4,662 from the previous week.