While more than 17,000 people in the Tri-County Area have recovered from COVID-19 and the number of people in home isolation dropped by more than 5,000, the region’s death toll continues to climb.
Health officials on Monday reported 11 fatalities from the weekend linked to the novel coronavirus, including nine people from Peoria County. Since the start of the pandemic, 348 people in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties have succumbed to the disease.
Six of the nine victims from Peoria County were not associated with long-term care facilities; a woman in her 80s from Cornerstone Rehabilitation and Health Care and a man in his 90s from Lutheran Hillside Village also perished. Additional information on the ninth victim was not available.
Two fatalities from Tazewell County were a man in his 60s from Aperion Morton Villa and a man in his 80s who did not reside in a long-term care facility.
Tri-County health officials reported 24,211 total COVID-19 cases, an increase of 730 from Friday. Peoria-area hospitals had 198 coronavirus patients, including 46 in intensive care units. The number of people in home isolation fell from 6,631 to 6,125, while 17,650 area residents are considered to be recovered.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,699 new COVID-19 cases and 98 more deaths Monday. Those figures push the statewide totals to 905,069 infections and 15,299 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.
The preliminary seven-day positivity rate is down to 9.3%, while hospitals across the state were treating 4,460 patients with COVID-19 as of Sunday night, including 981 in ICUs and 546 on ventilators.
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