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* From the governor’s office…
MARCH 6:
The State of Illinois requested personal protection equipment (PPE) from the strategic national stockpile (SNS) managed by the federal government.
State of Illinois request:
• N95s - 600,000
• Surgical masks - 900,000
• Gloves - 400,000
• Gowns - 24,000
• Goggles - 4,000
• Face shields - 120,000
• Respirators - 4,000
• The following was requested for continuity of government (public safety workers):
o N95s: 600,000
o Gloves: 1.2M
o Goggles: 20,000
MARCH 12:
The State of Illinois received a shipment of PPE from the SNS containing:
• N95s - 123,430
• Face shields - 55,989
• Coveralls - 234
• Gloves - 162,541
• Surgical Masks - 45,649
• Gowns - 45,649
MARCH 20:
The State of Illinois made a request for PPE for public safety workers.
State of Illinois request:
• Gloves - 7M
• N95s - 1.74M
• Gowns - 900,000
• Goggles - 43,500
• Hand Sanitizer - 85,000 bottles
• Disinfectant Wipes - 43,000 Canisters
• MREs (meals ready to eat) – 1,000,000
MARCH 22:
According to IDPH an additional SNS shipment will begin arriving today. The amount of this shipment is expected to be the same as the shipment we received on March 12.
* I put the numbers together for you…
• Respirators requested - 4,000
• Respirators received - 0
• Goggles requested - 67,500
• Goggles received - 0
• Hand Sanitizer requested - 85,000 bottles
• Hand Sanitizer received - 0
• Disinfectant Wipes requested - 43,000 Canisters
• Disinfectant Wipes received - 0
• MREs (meals ready to eat) requested – 1,000,000
• MREs received - 0
• Surgical Masks requested - 900,000
• Surgical Masks received - 45,649 (91,298 if federal promise met today - 3.8 percent of IL’s request)
• Gloves requested - 8.6M
• Gloves received - 162,541 (325,082 if federal promise met today - 5 percent of IL’s request)
• Gowns requested - 924,000
• Gowns received - 45,649 (91,298 if federal promise met today - 5 percent of IL’s request)
• N95s requested - 2.94 million
• N95s received - 123,430 (246,860 if federal promise met today - 8.4 percent of IL’s request)
• Face shields requested - 120,000
• Face shields received - 55,989 (111,978 if federal promise met today - 93 percent of IL’s request)
• Coveralls requested - 0
• Coveralls received - 234 (468 if federal promise met today)
Well, at least we’re all good on face shields and coveralls.
That MRE request is a little scary, by the way.
