COVID-19 update: 102,670 more vaccinations, 55 deaths, 2,441 new cases

Vaccine doses hit 102,670 Thursday in Illinois, the second day in a row that more than 100,000 shots were given to protect against COVID-19, state health officials said Friday.

That brings the total number of vaccine shots administered in Illinois to 2,543,620. Of those, 725,464 people in Illinois have received two shots and are now fully vaccinated, according to Illinois Department of Public Health records.

That means 14.3% of the population - one in seven people - has gotten at least one dose of the vaccine.

The state is averaging slightly less than 69,000 vaccinations a day over the past week.

In the suburbs, 742,042 people in suburban Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to IDPH records.

State and federal officials also announced plans to erect a 6,000-a-day vaccination site at the United Center that will serve any eligible Illinois residents.

Meanwhile, IDPH reported 55 more COVID-19 deaths and 2,441 new cases.

That brings the state's death toll from the respiratory disease to 20,460, with 1,183,667 who have been infected since the outset of the pandemic.

Hospitals statewide were treating 1,393 COVID-19 patients Thursday night. Of those hospitalized, 336 are in intensive care.

The statewide seven-day case positivity rate is at 2.5%. Case positivity allows health officials to track the level of infection.