The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Friday that over the last week there were 17, 462 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois including 183 additional deaths. According to the CDC, 66% of all Illinois has received at least one COVID vaccine and almost 61% of Illinoisans are fully vaccinated.  

Earlier last week, the IDPH adopted the CDC recommendation that all children 5-11 receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  For those 5-11, the dose is smaller than those 12 and older.  The Pfizer vaccine is administered as a series of two doses, three weeks apart. 

Currently, overall, 1,712,986 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Illinois total of 25,948 deaths attributed to the disease.  As of Friday, 1,257 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19 and of those 282 patients were in the ICU and 148 were on ventilators.

The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate is at 2.1% with a total of 15, 911,477 vaccines administered. The rolling average of vaccines administered is 52,670 doses.  

For more information on COVID and a look at rates in your county, visit www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19. To find out more on vaccines visit www.vaccines.gov.