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To:
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Chemical Industry Council of Illinois (CICI) Members
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From:
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Mark Biel, Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] or 217/522-5805
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Re:
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – Update on Phase 1B Vaccinations; ACC Tracker with State Vaccine Updates & COVID-19 Orders; Canada COVID-19 Information; Update on COVID-19 Cases
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Update on Phase 1B Vaccinations: A total of 2,102,500 vaccine doses have been delivered to providers in Illinois, including Chicago. In addition, approximately 445,200 doses total have been allocated to the federal government’s Pharmacy Partnership Program for long-term care facilities. This brings the total Illinois doses to 2,547,700. A total of 1,903,942 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight, including 256,114 for long-term care facilities. The 7-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 60,552 doses.
Weather will most likely contribute to reduced vaccination shipments over the next several days. In fact, due to adverse weather across most of the country, the number of vaccine doses being shipped to Illinois have been delayed. While this week’s allocation from the federal government was approximately 365,000 doses, the state has only received approximately 55,000 doses of that allocation so far this week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated some shipments may go out today.
Also, as a reminder, the state has updated its COVID-19 website containing current locations and other pertinent information on one webpage.
ACC Tracker with State Vaccine Updates & COVID-19 Orders: The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has again updated its comprehensive COVID-19 Tracker (attached to this Update) with separate charts illustrating state vaccine plans, including documents detailing updated state specific orders and mitigation measures as well as executive orders and legislation relating to business liability.
Canada COVID-19 Information: For those members who would like to receive information about vaccination protocols and COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, please reach out to Mark Biel at [email protected] to be added to the distribution list. Our friends at the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada have been kind enough to share their COVID-19 information with us.
Update on COVID-19 Cases: IDPH is reporting 1,166,717 positive tests of COVID-19 in Illinois, an average increase of 1,960 new positive tests per day since reported here 7 days ago on February 10. In total, 17,320,814 tests have now been conducted in Illinois for the virus, an average increase of 71,204 tests per day since February 10.
The state’s average positivity rate over all 11 regions is at 2.8% for the last 7 days. You can see where the various regions are at in terms of their positivity rates, hospitalizations, and other metrics at this link.
Unfortunately, IDPH is reporting a total of 20,057 deaths, an average increase of 45 per day since February 10.
You can also check where these cases are occurring at the State of Illinois COVID-19 website which also contains more information on this outbreak.
Also, IDPH has a case breakdown of the number of positive cases in Chicago and each county relative to the number of fatalities. The IDPH website also now includes a breakdown of the cases under each zip code in the state.
For information on other states and countries, John Hopkins University has developed this website that provides invaluable resources at a one-stop location detailing testing and tracing trends, timelines of COVID-19 policies, and interactive maps.
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