IL Vaccine Supply To Jump 67% By Mid-March: Pritzker

ACROSS ILLINOIS — The number of vaccines allotted to Illinois is expected to jump by mid-March, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday during a news briefing.

That would be a game changer for state and local health departments, which have seen their vaccine dose supplies drop off in recent weeks. Officials said winter weather delayed many shipments to the state, where 58,141 doses are currently being administered daily.

On Wednesday, Pritzker said that by the end of March, the state is expected to see a huge increase in its vaccine allotment. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will consider Friday whether to approve for emergency-use, could increase the state's overall vaccine doses by 20 percent by the end of March.

"But even without that, we are going to have, by mid-March — by all the projections given to us by the White House and by the vaccine manufacturers — 100,000 doses per day for Illinoisans," Pritzker said. "Think about that. We are now able to vaccinate an average of about 60,000 people per day. That's going to 100,000 in just two weeks."

Here is a look at the latest COVID-19 data and vaccination stats as of Feb. 24:

• Vaccines administered statewide: 2,310,929
• 619,480 people have been fully vaccinated, which is 4.86 percent of the state's total population.
• Daily average of doses administered (seven-day rolling average): 58,141, which is an increase of 2,224 doses since Tuesday. A week earlier, the state was receiving 60,552 doses per day.
• Total confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois to date: 1,179,342
• Confirmed deaths: 20,374
• Variant cases: 43

Here is a look at how McHenry County is faring:

• 41,140 total shots
• Number of people who've been fully vaccinated: 9,665, which is 3.13 percent of the population.
• Daily average of doses administered: 953 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 1,575 doses

What about other counties in the Chicago area?

Lake County:

• 102,292 total shots
• 25,174 who've been fully vaccinated, which is 3.59 percent of the population
• Daily average of doses administered: 2,770 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 3,440 doses

Kane County:

• 74,375 total shots
• 17,873 who've been fully vaccinated, which is 3.35 percent of the population
• Daily average of doses administered: 1,880 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 1,634 doses

Suburban Cook County:

• 431,665 total shots
• 114,859 who've been fully vaccinated, which is 4.64 percent of the total population
• Daily average of doses administered: 11,432 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 12,387 doses

Chicago:

• 440,578 total shots
• 131,683 who've been fully vaccinated, which is 4.87 percent of the total population
• Daily average of doses administered: 10,790 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 11,833 doses

DuPage County:

• 164,331 total shots
• 47,391 who've been fully vaccinated, which is 5.1 percent of the total population
• Daily average of doses administered:3,768 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 4,755 doses

Will County:

• 97,024 total shots
• 26,174 who've been fully vaccinated, which is 3.78 percent of the total population
• Daily average of doses administered: 2,833 doses
• How does that compare to a week ago? A decrease in doses; the daily average for shots administered a week earlier was 2,955 doses

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