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Showers are likely this afternoon with a high near 61 degrees. Tonight, expect rain and possibly a thunderstorm with a low around 49. Tomorrow more showers are likely with a high near 50.
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Illinois’ COVID-19 testing positivity rate keeps falling, and so does the demand for vaccines.
With the average statewide infection rate sinking below 2% for the first time ever today, the doors were closed on three suburban mass vaccination sites as officials take a more targeted approach to get more life-saving shots into arms.
Cook County County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was scheduled to “clap out” workers administering the final shots this afternoon at a mass vax site at the Tinley Park Convention Center. It’s one of six large-scale sites that have provided hundreds of thousands of shots to residents since the start of the year.