On Wednesday morning Governor JB Pritzker and local officials are touring a huge new COVID-19 vaccination site at the Lake County Fairgrounds in suburban Grayslake. The drive-through facility opened last week.
CHICAGO (CBS) — The number of COVID cases in Illinois jumped slightly with a little more than 80 new confirmations, but the state is reporting numbers not seen since last fall. On Wednesday the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed 3,751 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including 81 additional deaths. On Tuesday, the state’s health department reported 3,667 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, as well as 87 more deaths. As of now, Illinois has recorded a total of 1,112,181 coronavirus cases, including 18,964 deaths. As of Tuesday night,2,931 people were in the hospital with COVID-19. Of that number,591 people were in the ICU and 300 patients were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from January 20–26,2021 is 4.
