Illinois has given out more doses of COVID-19 vaccine than any other state, governor says

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,762 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 135 additional deaths Wednesday.

The seven-day rolling average of Illinois’ positivity rate increased slightly from 7.4% to 7.5%. The state received the results of 82,328 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday afternoon.

Illinois has seen 918,070 total cases of the virus, and 15,547 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 12,688,071 tests since the start of the pandemic.

In a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Gov. JB Pritzker said Illinois has now given out a total of 100,991 vaccine doses across the state, the most of any other state in the country.

Shipments of the Moderna vaccine, which was approved by the FDA on Friday, will begin arriving in Illinois this week, Pritzker said. Once distributed, these new shipments will enable doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to reach all 102 counties in the state, he said.

Also on Wednesday, Pritzker said that, despite the fact that three regions (Regions 1, 7 and 6) are meeting the state’s requirements to move back to Tier 2 mitigation measures, which are less restrictive, the state will likely remain in Tier 3 through the new year.

“What we don’t want to do is swing back and forth between mitigations and not having mitigations within days or a week or two of one another,” he said. “My concern is that we might see – we are going likely to see – some uptick from Christmas and from New Year’s in hospitalizations as well as cases.”

As of late Tuesday, Illinois had 4,593 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 953 were in intensive care units, and 536 were on ventilators.

To see definitions of key terms used in our COVID-19 updates, read this article titled, “Feeling lost in keeping up with the news?”

Coronavirus in Illinois data

Regional update: Currently, all 11 of the state’s health regions are under additional mitigation measures from the IDPH, and as of Nov. 20, all 11 regions are under Tier 3 mitigations.

Regional data from the IDPH remains on a three-day lag.

Confused about the different tiers and phases of the governor’s COVID-19 response? Read this explanation of the Restore Illinois plan and its metrics.

The North Suburban region (McHenry and Lake counties) has seen 11 consecutive days under 12% for its COVID-19 test positivity rate. The region’s positivity rate dropped to 9.7%. Currently, 18.9% of medical/surgical beds are available and 27.1% of ICU beds.

The region has 11 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and six consecutive days under the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, McHenry County’s seven-day positivity rate average decreased to 11.8%. Lake County, which does about two-thirds of the testing in the region, is reporting a rolling average of 9%.

Hospitalizations have decreased four out of the past 10 days in this region.

Finally, within the Lake/McHenry region, there are 51 available, staffed ICU beds out of 188 total, and 232 ventilators available out of 291.

The West Suburban region (DuPage and Kane counties) has seen 10 consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 10.3%. Currently, 21.3% of medical/surgical beds are available and 24.9% of ICU beds.

The region has 10 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and two consecutive days over the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity average is at 11.5%, and DuPage County is at 9.7%.

Hospitalizations have decreased 9 out of the past 10 days in this region.

Finally, within the DuPage/Kane region, there are 66 available, staffed ICU beds out of 324 total and 349 ventilators available out of 572.

The South Suburban region (Will and Kankakee counties) has seen six consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate increased slightly to 11.8%. Currently, 23.5% of medical/surgical beds are available and 22% of ICU beds.

The region has five consecutive days above the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and four consecutive days above the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Hospitalizations have decreased 10 out of the past 10 days in this region.

Finally, within the Will/Kankakee region, there are 31 available, staffed ICU beds out of 162 total, and 93 ventilators out of 139 available.

The North region (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) has seen ten consecutive days under the 12% positivity rate. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 9.1%. Currently, 25.7% of medical/surgical beds are available and 25.1% of ICU beds.

The region has 10 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and 11 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, DeKalb County’s positivity rate decreased to 10.9%, Lee County’s rate decreased to 4%, and Whiteside County’s rate increased to 9.4%.

Hospitalizations have decreased 9 out of the past 10 days in this region.

Finally, within this region, there are 39 available, staffed ICU beds out of 179 total, and 226 ventilators out of 343 available.

The North-Central region (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren and Woodford counties) has seen 11 consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate remained the same at 9.6%.

Currently, 27.3% of medical/surgical beds are available and 19.1% of ICU beds.

The region has two consecutive days under the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and 11 consecutive days above the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Within this region, La Salle County’s seven-day positivity rate decreased to 6.3%.

Hospitalizations have decreased 9 out of the past 10 days in this region.

Finally, within this region, there are 43 available, staffed ICU beds out of 235 and 376 ventilators out of 475.

Chicago has seen five consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate dropped to 9.8%. Currently, 19.3% of medical/surgical beds are available and 25.3% of ICU beds.

The region has 10 consecutive days over the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and 11 consecutive days under the 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Hospitalizations have decreased 10 out of the past 10 days in this region.

Suburban Cook County has seen six consecutive days under 12%. The region’s positivity rate decreased to 10.3%. Currently, 19.7% of medical/surgical beds are available and 19.3% of ICU beds.

The region has one day under the 20% threshold for ICU bed availability, and two consecutive days over 20% threshold for medical/surgical bed availability.

Hospitalizations have decreased 10 out of the past 10 days in this region.

To see how other regions across the state are doing, see the full IDPH dashboard here.

Newly reported deaths include:

- Alexander County: 1 female 60s

- Brown County: 1 male 70s

- Carroll County: 1 male 60s

- Champaign County: 1 male 20s, 1 male 80s

- Clark County: 1 female 90s

- Cook County: 1 female 40s, 2 males 40s, 1 male 50s, 1 female 60s, 10 males 60s, 5 females 70s, 8 males 70s, 8 females 80s, 6 males 80s, 3 females 90s, 3 males 90s, 1 female over 100

- DeKalb County: 1 male 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 female 90s

- DuPage County: 1 female 60s, 1 male 60s, 1 male 80s, 2 females 90s, 1 female over 100

- Ford County: 1 male 70s

- Franklin County: 1 female 50s, 1 male 60s, 1 female 70s

- Hardin County: 1 female 80s

- Henry County: 1 female 80s

- Jackson County: 1 female 90s

- Jefferson County: 1 female 90s

- Johnson County: 1 female 80s

- Kane County: 1 female 70s, 2 males 80s

- Knox County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 90s

- Lake County: 1 female 90s