PEORIA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Region 2, which encompasses Peoria; Tazewell; and Woodford counties, rolling seven-day positivity rate continues to remain below 10%.
It’s the sixth day in a row the region has been below the 12% threshold, and it now sits at 9.7% for a second consecutive day.
Overall in the tri-county area, the Peoria City/County Health Department Friday announced six additional deaths due to COVID-19.
Two residents of Peoria died from the virus: a male in his 70s who resided at University Rehab and another male in his 70s who resided at Sharon Elms.
Tazewell County reported the other four deaths: a female in her 80s; a female in her 80s who resided at Aperion Morton Villa; a female in her 100s who resided at Aperion Morton Villa; and a male in his 90s who resided at Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton.
Overall Friday, 117 new cases were announced in Peoria County, 101 were reported in Tazewell County and Woodford County accounted for 25 new cases for a total of 243 across the tri-county.
Hospital bed usage in the area also increased since Thursday. 18 more hospital beds were in use Friday compared to the day before with five of them being ICU beds.
The recovered rate did increase slightly and now is at 69.85%.
The home isolating rate dropped slightly and is now at 28.24%.
The hospitalized rate increased marginally and now sits at .48%.
