New COVID-19 cases in Illinois children are down for the first time in 10 weeks, and total COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall

Illinois now has more than 6.9 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and covid patients in Illinois hospitals dropped to the lowest level since August 28.

This interactive map shows how vaccinated the state of Illinois is by ZIP code, updated this week

Analysis of new hospital admissions for covid-like illness in the state over the past week put breakthrough hospitalizations at 14.1% of new COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois, with unvaccinated patients making up 85.9% of COVID-19 hospitalizations for the week

40% of staffed ICU beds in use in southern Illinois are occupied by COVID-19 patients, and IDPH received federal approval to use three VA Medical Center ICUs for the next month to open up beds in the region hard hit by the delta variant

Hard-hit Region 5, the southern most part of Illinois, has no ICU beds available according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health

New hospital admissions for covid-like illness in Illinois continued on a slow decline, according to the most recent data from the Illinois Department of Public Health

New COVID-19 cases in Illinois children are up for the 10th consecutive week. For the second straight week, the youngest group in the state's available data, 5-11 year olds, who are not yet eligible for a vaccine, had more cases than 12-17 year olds, who are eligible

“At the moment I don’t have a plan for us to do that, but I do think everyone should get vaccinated,” Gov. Pritzker said at an event in Chicago.