SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) � A formal announcement of when Illinois will move to phase 1b of administering the COVID-19 vaccine is expected later this week.
Governor JB Pritzker says 587,900 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been delivered to the state so far. More than 478,000 of those doses have been given to private/public health care providers outside Chicago.
The vaccination program for long-term care facilities is a federally-operated pharmacy partner program. Doses are removed from Illinois' allocation before they receive deliveries. So far, Illinois has acquired about 231,400 total doses to vaccinate facility staff/residents, according to Gov. Pritzker.
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The governor says the state has made "significant progress" in phase 1a and the state will likely be moving to phase 1b later this week.
"Statewide, we have made significant progress in Phase 1A, and I appreciate the hard work of health care providers across the state to move as quickly as possible through this phase," Gov. Pritzker said.
Gov. Pritzker said some communities can already start moving to phase 1b and local health departments will let their communities know if they're able to move to that phase.
Gov. Pritzker says phase 1b includes more than 3 million people and will likely take "many weeks to complete."
The state will start posting updated COVID-19 vaccine totals on the Illinois Department of Public Health's website starting on Tuesday.
