For the second time in less than a week, a Peoria County resident in their 20s has died from COVID-19 complications.
The woman with underlying health conditions is one of 12 new deaths linked to the coronavirus since Friday, as reported Monday by Tri-County health officials. The death of a man in his 20s was reported Thursday. The region’s death toll since the start of the pandemic is now 316.
The latest fatalities included five from Peoria County, four of whom had underlying health conditions, while the fifth was a man in his 60s from the University Rehab Center.
Among seven deaths from Tazewell County, six were residents of long-term care facilities experiencing outbreaks: three from Washington Senior Living, two from Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton, and one from Pekin Manor.
Tri-County health officials reported 755 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, lifting the region's tally to 22,282. Peoria-area hospitals have 192 coronavirus patients, including 55 in intensive care units. After last week saw four straight days of declines in the number of people in home isolation, the region saw a spike of 540 cases to 6,890.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 7,214 new COVID-19 cases and 103 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the statewide totals to 856,118 infections and 14,394 fatalities. The preliminary seven-day positivity rate dipped to 10.3%. The number of patients in Illinois hospitals is 4,951, including 1,070 in ICUs and 621 on ventilators.
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