60K Fully Vaccinated Against Coronavirus In Kane County: IDPH

KANE COUNTY, IL — More than 60,000 people in Kane County were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Monday, public health data shows. That represents about 11.3 percent of the county’s population.

Nearly 170,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Kane County, according to statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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Kane County’s vaccine rollout hit hew highs in mid-March, but it’s slowed significantly over the past week. The county’s seven-day rolling average of doses administered peaked at 4,186 on March 15, before dropping about 30 percent to 2,928 on Monday, the state’s data shows.

More than 6,100 doses were administered March 12, the most in a single day in Kane County. Just 4,730 doses were administered between Saturday and Monday.

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Racial disparities have been a factor in Kane County's vaccine rollout the first doses were administered in mid-December.

White people have received 73 percent of all coronavirus vaccines administered in the county, though they make up about 57 percent of the county's population, according to IDPH and U.S. Census Bureau data.

Latino residents have received about 12.3 percent of all doses administered, despite representing just under a third of the county's population, according to those statistics.

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Black residents, who make up about 6 percent of Kane County's population, have received less than 3 percent of all doses administered there, the state's data shows.

About 44 percent of the nearly 100,000 doses administered in Kane County were given to residents 65 or older, while about 56 percent went to people between 16 and 64, according to IDPH statistics.

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