Over 12,000 COVID Doses Administered In Mercer County

Over 38-percent of Mercer County’s population has been fully vaccinated against COVID. An update from Mercer County Health Department administrator Carla Ewing.

Nearly 51-percent of Illinois adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID. And over 67-percent have received at least one dose. Governor J.B. Pritzker reminds that teens can now get vaccinated as well.

Statewide, about 1,000 people are currently in the hospital with the virus.