Some States Are Vaccinating For COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Illinois Stacks Up

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Chicago

2022-02-17

The omicron variant pushed new daily cases of COVID-19 to all-time highs in the United States and underscored the urgency of the national vaccination effort. So far, an estimated 214,104,148 Americans have been fully vaccinated, or 65.4% of the U.S. population.

Some states are proving more effective than others in getting their residents vaccinated. In Illinois, 66.6% of the population are fully vaccinated, higher than the U.S. average.

Though Illinois is doing a better job vaccinating its population than other states, there are still significant quantities of the vaccine sitting idle. As of Feb. 15, Illinois has received about 25,724,100 vaccinations and administered about 83.8% of those doses.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread. In total, there have been 2,987,502 confirmed cases of the virus in Illinois as of Feb. 15 — or 23,448 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 23,553 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide.

All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of Feb. 15, 2022.

These are all the counties in Illinois where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

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