Illinois hits 47% fully vaccinated, nears 6 million total residents fully vaccinated

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 248 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 18 additional deaths Thursday, and a total of 12,319,794 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.

For Wednesday, the state administered 31,552 shots.

The state received the results of 47,743 COVID-19 tests in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday afternoon. The state’s positivity rate is 0.6%.

Illinois has seen 1,390,140 total cases of the virus, and 23,191 people have died. The state has conducted a total of 25,583,377 tests since the start of the pandemic.

As of late Wednesday Illinois had 442 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Of those, 107 were in intensive care units, and 50 were on ventilators.

The state now has a total of 9.648 confirmed variant COVID-19 cases. Of those, 84 are of the Delta variant.

Vaccine update: As of Thursday, IDPH reported a total of 14,116,565 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed statewide, with 12,319,794 vaccines administered.

As of Thursday, 5,999,249 Illinoisans have been fully vaccinated, or 47.09% of the population. Illinois has a population of 12,741,080 people.

Among Illinois residents 12 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 5,637,499 (52%)

At Least 1 Dose: 7,386,476 (68.2%)

Among Illinois residents 18 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 5,389,597 (54.7%)

At Least 1 Dose: 6,970,079 (70.7%)

Among Illinois residents 65 and older:

Fully Vaccinated: 1,496,693 (73.3%)

At Least 1 Dose: 1,827,955 (89.5%)

There can be as much as a 72-hour delay in reporting from health care providers on vaccines administered.

In northern Illinois, here is the percentage of the population fully vaccinated by county:

Chicago: 47.58%

Suburban Cook: 50.84%

Lake: 47.52%

McHenry: 46.03%

DuPage: 55.33%

Kane: 45.80%

Will: 46.06%

Kendall: 47.62%

La Salle: 40.83%

Grundy: 39.83%

DeKalb: 40.72%

Ogle: 40.70%

Lee: 44.27%

Whiteside: 40.18%

Bureau: 39.38%

Regional update: All 11 regions in the state are in Phase 5.

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

The North Suburban (McHenry and Lake counties) region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 0.9%. Currently, 32% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, McHenry County’s seven-day positivity rate average stayed at 1.2%. Lake County, which does about two-thirds of the testing in the region, is reporting a rolling average of 0.8%.

Hospitalizations have decreased or remained stable 10 out of the past 10 days in this region. The region is down to a total of 16 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

The West Suburban (DuPage and Kane counties) region’s positivity rate increased to 0.9%. Currently, 36% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, Kane County’s seven-day positivity rate increased to 1.5%, and DuPage County’s increased to 0.6%.

Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable 10 out of the past 10 days in this region. The region is down to 34 total COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

The South Suburban (Will and Kankakee counties) region’s positivity rate stayed flat at 1.1%. Currently, 32% of ICU beds are available.

Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable 10 out of the past 10 days in this region. The region is down to 19 total COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

The North (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties) region’s positivity rate stayed at 1.8%.

Currently, 24% of ICU beds are available.

Within this region, DeKalb County’s positivity rate fell to 1.7%, Lee County’s rate stayed at 0.0%, and Whiteside County’s went down to 0.8%.

Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable nine out of the past 10 days in this region. The region is down to 29 total COVID-19 hospitalizations.

The North-Central (Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Kendall, Knox, La Salle, Livingston, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren and Woodford counties) region’s positivity rate increased to 1.2%.

Within this region, La Salle County’s seven-day positivity rate decreased to 1.6%. Currently, 30% of ICU beds are available. Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable for nine out of the past 10 days. The region is down to a total of 38 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

Chicago’s positivity rate stayed flat at 0.5%. Currently, 22% of ICU beds are available. Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable for 10 out of the past 10 days.

Suburban Cook County’s positivity rate stayed at 0.8%. Currently, 23% of ICU beds are available. Hospitalizations decreased or remained stable 10 out of the past 10 days in this region.