Nearly A Quarter Of Will County Residents Fully Vaccinated

WILL COUNTY, IL — Nearly a quarter, 24.69 percent, of Will County's total population have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. That represents 170,898 county residents.

429,765 total doses were administered in the county by Thursday, which has a population of 692,310, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The state also shares data on its vaccine inventory, and the reported inventory for Will County is 59,621, with 46,635 of the reported inventory at the local health department, and 12,986 at community partner sites. The county administered its highest number of doses on April 9, when 10,485 doses were given, the state's data shows. The county currently has a seven-day average of 7,771 doses administered.

Will County ranks four in terms of doses administered, trailing Chicago, and Cook and DuPage counties. Comparatively, Chicago has fully vaccinated 26.42 percent of its population, Cook County is at 29.03 percent and DuPage is at 30.91 percent.

Will County has opened its vaccine appointment registration to all residents 16 and older.

More than 8.4 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered statewide, IDPH data shows.

The state remains in phase 4 of its reopening plan. Moving from the modified Phase 4 to the Bridge phase requires at least 70 percent of Illinois residents aged 65 and older to have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, as long as infection rates and hospitalizations are not on the rise.

The state has hit the 70 percent benchmark for older adults, but due to new hospital admissions for COVID-19-like illnesses and increasing COVID-19 hospitalizations, it will not move to the bridge phase yet, according to IDPH data.

As of Thursday, 77.62 percent of Illinois residents 65 and older have at least one dose of the vaccine, and 50.99 percent of residents over 16 have at least one dose of the vaccine, IDPH data shows.