As the Tri-County area moves closer to having 30% of residents fully vaccinated for COVID-19, public health officials report 232 new coronavirus infections and one more death in the past day.
The latest victim announced Wednesday is a Woodford County woman in her 60s who was a resident of a long-term care facility. The region's death toll since the start of the pandemic is now 632, while the case count is up to 42,175.
Peoria-area hospitals have 175 patients admitted for COVID-19, up six from Tuesday following Monday’s high mark for 2021 of 193. Intensive care units are treating 43 patients with coronavirus infections, while 2,109 residents are isolating at home.
According to Illinois Department of Public Health statistics, Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties combined for a 12.9% test positivity over the weekend. The seven-day rolling average positivity rates check in at 11.0% for Peoria, 10.1% for Tazewell and 5.7% for Woodford. All three counties remain at a COVID-19 warning level.
Updated vaccination data from the IDPH show the Tri-County region added 2,290 doses and 1,455 fully dosed individuals in the past day. Those figures bring the area’s totals to 230,313 shots and 102,098 residents completely vaccinated - or 29.05% of the population.
Illinois as a whole stands at 8.34 million total injections with 27.5% of residents fully vaccinated. The IDPH reported 2,765 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more fatalities statewide since Tuesday, increasing the tally since the start of the pandemic to nearly 1.31 million infections and 21,722 deaths.
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