We vaccinated 55 at Mondays' clinic in Hoopeston.  We are at Georgetown this evening.  We still have plenty of openings at Salt Fork on Friday and in Danville on Saturday.  Please go to www.vchd.org<http://www.vchd.org> to register.  We also have openings for our Moderna and Johnson and Johnson Clinics.

There are still multiple opportunities to get vaccinated throughout Vermilion County.


Metrics, Vaccinations, and Cases

Yesterday’s cases (5/18) included 12 new cases and 16 releases.  1 in their 30s, 1 in their 40s, 2 in their 50s, 5 in their 60s, and 3 in their 70s.  No breakthrough (fully vaccinated) cases were identified.  We stand at 125 active cases.  For more specifics, please see below.   We are currently working on a number of new cases.

Regional Metrics (as of May 17th)
Region 6 – 2.5% positivity rate (7 day rolling average)
Vermilion County – 3.7% positivity rate (7 day rolling average)
Vermilion County – 7.3 daily positivity rate on 5/14/2021
ICU availability – 40%
Patient increases – 4 out of the last 10 days
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Vermilion County Vaccination Counts
Total Number of Vaccinations Administered:  37,289
Total Number of Vermilion County Residents FULLY Vaccinated:  17,112
Percentage of Vermilion County Total Population Fully Vaccinated:  22.28%
Total Number of Vermilion County 65 and older Fully Vaccinated:  8,653 (58.25%)
Total Number of Vermilion County 16-64 Fully Vaccinated:  8,458 (18.43%)
67.57% of our 65+ population have had at least 1 COVID19 vaccine dose
26.47% of our 16-64 population have had at least 1 COVID19 vaccine dose
(IDPH has not broken it down for 12-15 population yet)

Vermilion County Case Counts (5/18/2021)
Active Cases:  125
Hospitalizations:  10 (8.0% of active cases)
Total Cases (beginning March, 2020):  9,637
Total Released / Recovered:  9,377
Total Deaths – 135