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The state eased coronavirus limits in suburban Cook County Tuesday with suburban counties including DuPage and Lake expected to quickly follow, Illinois public health officials said.
But officials in Cook County, like in Chicago earlier, said they plan to stick to the stricter restrictions on dining and other areas, for now.
Also Tuesday, the state said that more than 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Illinois. State officials announced 32,559 vaccines were administered Monday, bringing the total number of doses to 1,028,969.
The number of Illinois residents who have been fully vaccinated — receiving both of the required two shots — reached 227,362. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 44,139 doses.
Similar to Chicago’s earlier decision to stick with stricter restrictions than allowed by the state, Cook County officials said Tuesday they plan to keep some rules in place that are tighter than state guidelines, including the indoor gathering limit of up to 25 people or 25% of room capacity. Restaurants will still be allowed parties of only up to 6 people, as long as tables remain six feet apart. Also, indoor playgrounds and trampoline parks remain closed while museums and zoos remain limited to 25% capacity.
The move is aimed at supporting “a more gradual approach to easing mitigation measures,” county officials said in a statement.
Oak Park, Evanston, Skokie and Stickney Township have their own health departments and are not subject to Cook County public health department guidance. It was not immediately clear what they planned to do about the loosened restrictions.
Under state guides for phase four of the state’s reopening plan, which Cook County is now in, restaurants can seat parties of up to 10 people, as long as tables remain 6 feet apart. In addition, social gatherings can host up to 50 people or 50% of room capacity and some recreation facilities such as bowling alleys will be allowed to open.
The regions that cover DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties are on pace to enter phase four Wednesday, officials said. Several other regions of the state, including Chicago, moved to phase four earlier.
While 1 million COVID-19 doses have now been administered, the state’s vaccination effort has gotten off to a slow start, especially in Chicago’s South and West sides. State Sen. Jacqueline Collins, a Chicago Democrat, on Tuesday called on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ramp up inoculation efforts in minority neighborhoods.
Collins called for a “more targeted effort” on the South Side, pointing to the widespread disparities experienced by minority communities since the start of the pandemic.
“When the pandemic began, we saw disparities in infections and deaths,” Collins said. “As it continued, we saw disparities in testing and care. Now, we are seeing disparities in reaching the light at the end of the tunnel.”
An early look at vaccine data showed more residents on the North Side and lakefront areas have received the vaccine than those in South and West side neighborhoods. Health officials said the very preliminary glimpse into vaccination efforts was likely affected by the location of long-term care facilities and where hospital workers tend to live, but concerns of race as a major factor persist.
A spokeswoman for Pritzker said the governor has no control over vaccine distribution in the city of Chicago.
“The state health department works in close communication with the city, but the Pritzker Administration cannot direct how doses are distributed and used within the City of Chicago,” spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh said in a statement. “In addition, the limited number of doses the state of Illinois receives are required to be used in areas outside the City of Chicago.”
Officials on Tuesday reported 2,304 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 47 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 1,130,917 and the statewide death toll to 19,306.
Tuesday’s new cases resulted from a batch of 60,899 tests. The seven-day statewide positivity rate for cases as a share of total tests was 3.9% as of Monday.
As of Monday night, 2,447 people in Illinois were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 533 patients in intensive care units and 265 patients on ventilators.
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