92 Percent Of Chicago Employees Meet Vaccine Reporting Mandate

CHICAGO — More than 92 percent of city workers have reported their coronavirus vaccination status, officials said Monday.

More than 82 percent of the 28,427 Chicago employees who reported their jab status are fully vaccinated, according to city data.

Under Mayor Lori Lightfoot's vaccine mandate, all city employees have until Dec. 31 to be either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption. The police union and fire department employees have filed lawsuits against the city's vaccine mandate that remain pending in county and federal court.

As of Monday, all but two of the 35 city departments had more than 95 percent of employees comply with the vaccine reporting mandate. Police department employees had the highest percentage of scofflaws. About 84 percent of 12,622 police employees reported their vaccination status, and just 77-percent of those employees were fully vaccinated.

Only 85 percent of the 365 housing department employees have reported their vaccination status so far. All but 13 of those city workers say they have been fully vaccinated, city data shows.