Tri-County health officials on Tuesday reported just 82 new COVID-19 cases from the previous day, while hospitalizations and active cases in the region declined sharply from the day before.
Meanwhile, more than 10,000 area residents are now fully vaccinated with a second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
A Peoria County man in his 80s was the only new fatality linked to COVID-19 since Monday. His passing brings the region’s death toll since the start of the pandemic to 530, while the case count stands at 32,883.
One day after climbing to 50, the number of coronavirus patients in Peoria-area hospitals dropped to 33 with just nine people in intensive care units. Tri-County health officials also reported 1,644 residents in home isolation; Monday’s combined total of hospitalizations and people quarantining was 2,018.
Updated figures from the Illinois Department of Public Health’s online database show 67,758 vaccines administered in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties, with 10,058 people receiving their second dose.
The area’s average for doses administered over the past seven days stands at 2,799. Across Illinois, that daily average is 55,455, with 1,417,156 total doses administered and 311,569 people fully vaccinated, or 2.45% of the total population.
With 2,082 new illnesses and 20 additional fatalities reported Tuesday, Illinois’ totals since mid-March stand at 1,150,170 cases and 19,686 deaths. As of Monday night, hospitals in the state had 2,117 patients with COVID-19, including 497 in ICUs and 240 on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day positivity rate ticked down to 4.0%.
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