PEORIA, Ill. — The COVID-19 case count for Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties was lower between Monday and Tuesday than usual, but the death count remained high.
In Peoria County, a woman in her 30s passed away from virus-related complications. The Peoria City/County Health Department did say she had comorbidities.
A woman in her 60s from Peoria County also succumbed while, in Tazewell County, three people died: a man in his 60s, a man in his 80s, and a woman in her 90s.
A total of 151 people in the tri-county found out they have the virus. 84 live in Peoria, 55 reside in Tazewell, while the other 12 are located in Woodford.
Hospitalizations decreased significantly. 143 people as of Tuesday afternoon were in tri-county hospital beds, as opposed to Monday’s 157.
42 of Tuesday’s hospitalized patients were in intensive care.
For the sixth straight day, the number of people in hospital beds throughout the greater Region Two decreased or remained at the previous day’s number. Rolling seven-day positivity rate was down to 5.3%.
ICU bed availability remained low, at 16%.
