The health department reported the death of another county resident due to COVID-19. The death brings the total number of county residents who have died from the virus since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 to 113.

IDPH figures show that between Oct. 7 and Oct. 21, 53.1% of the 864,052 doses administered were booster shots. The data shows 24.6% of the doses were first shots while 22.3% were second shots.

Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues

A total of 176,543 county residents, or an estimated 57.21% of McHenry County’s population, now are fully vaccinated, according to state data

Another DeKalb County resident has died from COVID-19, bringing the local death toll to 134 Friday, according to the DeKalb County Health Department.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced an executive order Friday that will add day care personnel to the list of professions that must either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing.

A daily update of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in Kane County

While approval seems to be a foregone conclusion, there’s not much parents or vaccine providers can do until authorization from federal regulators comes. But plans are in the works on many fronts to offer the vaccine to those who want it.