The Tri-County area is reporting 217 new COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths linked to the coronavirus on Wednesday.
That brings the case count up to 43,306 since the pandemic began; 653 people have died.
The most recent deaths are a Peoria County woman in her 80s, a Tazewell County man in his 30s, and a Tazewell man in his 70s.
Currently, 143 43 people are hospitalized in the Peoria area for COVID-19, including 41 in the ICU.
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