Over 27 Percent Of Will County Residents Are Fully Vaccinated

WILL COUNTY, IL — 27.99 percent of Will County's total population has been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. That represents 193,763 county residents.

471,865 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 54,082 with 42,010 of the reported inventory at the local health department, and 12,072 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 6,014 doses administered.

Will County ranks four in terms of doses administered, trailing Chicago, and Cook and DuPage counties. Comparatively, Chicago has fully vaccinated 29.89 percent of its population, Cook County is at 32.53 percent and DuPage is at 34.71 percent.

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

More than 9.1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered statewide, with 31.14 percent of Illinois residents fully vaccinated, IDPH data shows.

The state remains in phase 4 of its reopening plan. Moving from the modified Phase 4 to the Bridge phase required 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 a trend of increasing hospitalized patients with COVID-19, it will not move to the bridge phase yet, according to IDPH data.

As of Thursday, 78.94 percent of Illinois residents 65 and older have at least one dose of the vaccine, and 53.85 percent of residents over 16 have at least one dose of the vaccine, IDPH data shows.