Vaccine update: Sauk Valley administers 596 doses Monday

June 14, 2021 at 4:51 pm CDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, a vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 sits on a table at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Many parents and educators are excited over the news that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine soon for youngsters ages 12 to 15. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) (Jessica Hill/AP)

The Sauk Valley administered an additional 596 coronavirus vaccine doses over the weekend, and 417 more people became fully vaccinated.

Whiteside County has administered 43,391 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 21,726 people (39.06%) fully vaccinated. Lee County has had 29,353 doses, with 14,785 people (43.2%) fully vaccinated. Carroll County has administered 9,466 vaccine doses, with 4,971 people (34.73%) fully vaccinated. Ogle County has had 40,478 doses, with 19,960 people (39.2%) fully vaccinated.

There have been 122,688 doses administered and 61,442 people fully vaccinated across Whiteside, Lee, Carroll and Ogle counties.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a total of 11,947,090 COVID-19 vaccines administered.

The state administered 22,124 shots, and 5,763,139 people in Illinois have been fully vaccinated, or 45.23% go the state’s population.

Rachel Rodgers

Rachel Rodgers joined Sauk Valley Media in 2016 covering local government in Dixon and Lee County.