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Once the mass vaccination site is up and running and there's adequate vaccine supply, county officials say it will be able to vaccinate upward of 3,000 people each day, Chicago ABC station WLS reported. For now, the site is aiming to administer 9,000 vaccine each week.

Cook County plans to open five more sites in the Chicago suburbs as more vaccine supply becomes available.

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PHOTO: Illinois opened its first COVID-19 mass vaccination site at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Cook County on Jan. 26, 2021.
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Twenty-five National Guard teams will be deploying across the state to help ramp up vaccinations in coming weeks, according to Pritzker.

As it stands, the rollout in Illinois has lagged behind other states. Illinois had administered roughly 725,000 doses of the vaccine as of Monday, or 5,707 vaccines per 100,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. West Virginia, for comparison, which has been widely praised for its rollout, has administered 11,383 vaccines per 100,000 people.

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