Governor JB Pritzker says an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations means the state can’t move to the “Bridge phase” yet. The latest daily totals are nearly 26-hundred new cases and over 14-hundred patients hospitalized. So despite 70 percent of seniors now vaccinated, Illinois can’t open up further until those numbers go down. In the meantime, Governor Pritzker reminds that everyone over 16 outside the city of Chicago is eligible to get the vaccine starting April 12th. Even earlier in some places.
“There are areas of the state where there are fewer people signing up for appointments then you might expect. They are not filling every appointment that is being put forward and so we want to make sure we get every dose into every arm that we possible can across the state as quickly as possible.”
Chicago is on a different vaccine eligibility timetable. Once COVID numbers improve, the state will enter the “Bridge Phase” with increased capacity allowed in both indoor and outdoor settings.
***Report Courtesy of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services***
