Tri-County Adds 18 COVID-19 Deaths, Tops 25K Cases

Peoria and Tazewell counties both added nine deaths attributed to COVID-19 over the extended Christmas holiday weekend, while more than 800 new cases in the Tri-County area pushed the region past 25,000.

The 18 new fatalities announced Monday raised the death toll since the start of the coronavirus pandemic to 385 people from Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. The Peoria County deaths included four people with underlying health conditions – including a man in his 20s – and four from long-term health care facilities, three of those from Sharon Elms.

Tazewell County’s victims were five women all over 70 and four men in their 70s. Two of the women were from long-term facilities. The county breakdown of deaths stands at 185 from Peoria, 158 from Tazewell, and 42 from Woodford.

Figures in the first report since Wednesday showed Peoria-area hospitals treating 140 patients with COVID-19, including 40 people in intensive care units. The most recent previous figures indicated 177 hospitalized patients and 56 in ICUs.

Tri-County health officials announced 832 new COVID cases, marking 25,556 coronavirus infections since mid-March. The number of residents in home isolation dropped by 159, to 5,725, while 19,422 people are considered recovered.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 4,453 additional COVID illnesses and 105 deaths on Monday. The statewide tallies moved to 942,362 cases and 16,074 fatalities.

As of Sunday night, 4,243 coronavirus patients were in hospitals across the state. Of those, 884 people were in ICUs and 515 were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day positivity rate in Illinois is at 8.7%.

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