PEORIA, Ill. — The Tri-County region saw an increase of 14 new COVID-19 cases, 13 in Peoria and 1 in Tazewell.
Woodford County remains at 22 confirmed cases.
Peoria County’s total number of confirmed cases is 288 and Tazewell is at 79 confirmed cases. The total for the Tri-County is 389.
Peoria Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson said there were no new deaths to report.
“Of our cases, close to 67% are recovered, 22.4% are at home and isolating, and 6.4% are currently hospitalized,” Hendrickson said.
The local hospital are reporting nine ICU beds in use.
“Three for persons under investigation, and six for confirmed cases of COVID,” Hendrickson said.
There are 30 non-ICU beds in use for COVID-19 patients and those under investigation.
Hendrickson said of the 97 active cases of COVID-19 in Peoria County, more than have are from a long-term care facility.
Chris Setti, CEO of the Greater Peoria Economic Council, announced the Business Recovery Program.
“It is an online digital platform for businesses to use to give us information about where they are at in their own recovery journey,” Setti said.
Businesses fill out a survey type profile asking about finances, sales, and supply chain issues.
“If they wish they can be assigned to a case manager,” Setti said.
Through many organizations, 30 people have signed up to be case managers. Businesses who create a profile and request a case manager will be matched with one of the recovery specialists, according to Setti.
Businesses can connect to the platform at gpcovid.com.
Dr. Mathew Jackson, EMS Medical Director for OSF Saint Francis Medical Center said of the three phased plan for COVID-19 EMS response, Peoria County never entered phase three.
“We have since May 15 been at level one, which is the place we were at when this first began,” Jackson said.
Protocol 36 calls are situations where EMS respond to a possible COVID-19 patient.
“So far, EMS has responded to 438 COVID-19 Protocol 36 calls between the times of March 10 and June 3,” Jackson said.
Jackson said the peak for EMS response was between April 15 and April 21.
