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Illinois to move into vaccination Phase 1B in coming days Governor Pritzker laid out new information Friday on the rollout of the next phase of the state s COVID-19 vaccination plan. Ten days from now, the state will be moving to vaccination phase 1B, which includes essential workers and people 65 and older. First responders, like police and firefighters, corrections officers; food and agricultural workers, like those at food processing plants; grocery store workers, public transit employees, like flight crews and bus drivers; educators, such as teachers and school staff members; along with workers at shelters and adult day care would all fall under Phase 1B. ....
Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 76,107 specimens for a total 14,339,584. As of Tuesday night, 3,642 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 749 patients were in the ICU and 386 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Jan. 6 - 12 is 8.3%. The test positivity rate is a metric the state began providing in late October. It is calculated by using the total number of positive tests over the total number of tests. This is the metric being used to by state health officials to make decisions about mitigations. As of Tuesday night, 703,525 doses of vaccine have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago, with an additional 268,525 doses allocated to federal government partners for long-term care facilities. ....