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Anthony Fauci never expected when the vaccine became available a year ago that there would be another COVID surge brewing for a second holiday season. Fauci speaks one-on-one with ABC7's Sarah Schulteĭr.
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Both CVS and Walgreens say they are doing their best to keep a variety of brands in stock through this very busy time.ĭr. Home testing kits have been flying off the shelves. Among symptomatic patients, the rate is up to 25%. The facility is so busy, COVID test appointments are booked for the next few days.Īccording to Innovative, its positivity rate has tripled during the past few days. Innovative Express Care is seeing similar patients. "We are seeing lots of people come in who don't feel well." "We've seen our positivity rate increase at Northwestern Medicine, kind of in conjunction with what we are seeing in the state of Illinois," said Heather Keirnan, vice president of operations at Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care. Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care locations have also been extremely busy, especially with symptomatic patients. Traveling, family gatherings and the threat of Omicron is producing long testing lines. "Trying to make sure everybody is ok and healthy, and not damaging anyone." "There have been a lot of scares at work with the best variant," he said. Traveling home to Iowa for the holidays is why Barron wants a test as soon as possible. "I thinks that why we are all in line right now before we see our families for the holidays." "I think everybody is doing their best to stay safe and protected," said another. "I actually looked at other locations, but they were busy." "I was not surprised," said one person waiting to get tested. With about an hour wait, one line at a Lincoln Park location wrapped down the sidewalk into the alley. And she hopes other will consider doing what they can to protect their loved ones.įrom sites in the city to the suburbs, the need to be tested has exploded during the past week. She said she won't be celebrating the holidays with her family this year to keep them safe. "Think of others, not just yourself," Dillon advised. Loyola University Medical Center reported ICU COVID cases increased 42% this week compared to the previous week, and an increase of 249% compared to the first week over November. "I have patients in their 30s, they are so close to my age, and I'm like why didn't you just get vaccinated? You would not have to in this situation," she said. "We have a lot of patients going through chemotherapy and their family, who had COVID, went to see them and now they are not doing well."ĭillon said she has sat with dozens of COVID patients as they took their last breaths, and they are increasingly younger. "If you don't want to get vaccinated, think of your parents or the people that don't have an immune system," said Ashly Dillon, an ICU nurse at Loyola Medicine. Healthcare and front line workers, weary and worn down by nearly two years of this pandemic, fear what's ahead if more people don't get vaccinated. RELATED: Omicron variant sweeps across nation, now 73% of US COVID-19 cases The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 65,165. Of those, 845 patients were in the ICU and 432 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.Ī total of 18,697,629 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Monday, and 60.02% of the state's population is fully vaccinated. "This is setting up to be a very deadly COVID Christmas and New Year's."Īs of Monday night, 4,008 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Ngozi Ezike, director, Illinois Department of Public Health. "Hospital bed availability has reached a critically low level. Stores in Chicago including CVS are reporting that they are completely sold out of take-home COVID tests, and do not know when they'll have them back in stock. Saturday, IDPH reported the largest one-day increase in tests on record with 256,765 completed tests.ĬOVID testing lines throughout the Chicago area have been extremely long as many are seeking tests before the holidays. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 179,269 new specimens for a total of 42,786,764 since the pandemic began. Citronberg with Advocate Aurora Health says getting vaccinated and boosted is your best way to protect yourself from COVID.