Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday the opening of a new mass vaccination site in Aurora that will be focused on equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Black community as supply increases.
Black Vax Aurora, a coalition of Black Churches, organizations, community advocates and elected officials, launched a community vaccination clinic Tuesday at the Cathedral of Grace St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Aurora.
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SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday the opening of a new mass vaccination site in Aurora that will be focused on equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Black community as supply increases.
Black Vax Aurora, a coalition of Black Churches, organizations, community advocates and elected officials, launched a community vaccination clinic Tuesday at the Cathedral of Grace St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Aurora.
“People of color disproportionately suffer from pre-existing conditions, which makes COVID-19 more dangerous for them,” Pritzker said at a news conference to announce the opening. “Black Vax Aurora recognizes this and is fully open to people of all ages...with pre-existing conditions. That’s important to address equity in vaccine administration.”
The new vaccination site will receive vaccine doses from the Kane and DuPage county health departments.
Cases and hospitalizations continue to decrease as the statewide seven-day rolling case positivity rate remained at 2.4 percent Tuesday for the fourth consecutive day. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 1,577 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 of 56,181 test results reported, including 47 additional deaths.
As of Monday night, 1,231 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized. Of those, 281 patients were reported in intensive care unit beds and 148 were reported on ventilators. The hospital bed and ICU usage both represented the lowest points since the state began reporting the numbers in April.
Meanwhile, the seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered reached its highest to date at 80,416 doses. On Monday, 61,061 doses were administered in Illinois. As of Monday night, a total of 2.8 million vaccine doses have been administered in the state, including 324,827 for long-term care facilities.