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2,600 Vaccinated Against Coronavirus In Kane Co.; Next Phase Soon
About 6,300 others in Kane County received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by Tuesday, according to public health data.
KANE COUNTY, IL — More than 2,600 people in Kane County were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Tuesday, just a month after federal authorities approved the first vaccine. That represents about half a percent of the county’s total population.
About 6,300 others in Kane County have received the first dose of the vaccine, with 11,616 total doses administered in the county by Tuesday, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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The speed of administering vaccines is quickly picking up in Kane County, the state’s data shows. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered sat at about 940 people Monday, up from 287 a week prior.
Kane County ranked sixth in terms of doses administered, trailing Chicago, and Cook, DuPage, Will and Lake counties.
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More than 27,000 people in Cook County (including Chicago) are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, but no one in Clark County had received both doses of the vaccine by Tuesday, public health data shows.
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More than 390,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine were administered statewide by Tuesday. About 41,000 doses were given to residents and staff at Illinois long-term-care facilities through a federal program run by CVS and Walgreens.
Almost all of those who received the vaccine are health care workers or residents of long-term-care facilities, who were prioritized under the first phase of the vaccine rollout.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday he expects to announce a timeline for Phase 1B later this week. About 3.2 million people will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine in Phase 1B, including Illinois residents 65 and older and front-line essential workers, as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the IDPH.
Residents who were eligible to receive a vaccine during Phase 1a but did not can "opt in" for a vaccine at any point, Pritzker said.
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