Adams County hugs the Mississippi River and is about a five-hour drive from Chicago’s Loop. As of Friday, 27% of the county’s 65,000 residents, of any age, were fully vaccinated. Based on researchers’ population estimates, about 48% of people who qualify for shots under the state’s guidelines got their shots. For senior citizens, a key demographic in the 1b group, 65% were fully vaccinated.
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