deployed to protect the Illinois Capitol in Springfield, Pritzker said.
The National Guard will send two teams to two sites in Cook County and partner with St. Clair County to deploy to sites there in the coming weeks, alongside additional deployments statewide, according to the statement.
Chicago officials announced Thursday that the city will have six mass vaccination sites up and running by Tuesday, January 19, 2021, for health care workers.
Only health care workers — including dentists, home aides, and morticians — with appointments are eligible to be vaccinated at those sites, officials announced. Registration is available at chicago.gov/covidvax.
In all, Illinois has received 995,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 45% have been administered, according to data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Through Thursday, 66,602 Chicago residents have gotten the first dose of the vaccine, and 22,096 of those people have gotten the second and final dose, according to CDPH data.
Approximately 2.5% of the city’s population has gotten at least one dose, according to the data.
The African American population in Illinois is 1.79 million or 14%, while African Americans comprise 30% or 782,431 of Chicago’s residents
Approximately 40% of vaccine doses are going to people who work in Chicago but live elsewhere, officials said.
In Cook County, which encompasses Chicago and its’ metropolitan area, an online registration system will be ramping up, according to Dr. Rachel Rubin, co-lead of the Cook County Department of Public Health. “It’s not necessary to sign up for an appointment yet, but it’s to get information pushed out to you about when you are eligible and vaccination slots are available.”
In addition to the website, officials will be setting up a phone number for people to call for vaccination information and eventually to sign up for appointments.