COVID-19
WCBU's reporting on the coronavirus pandemic, which began in March 2020.
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Statistics from the Illinois Department of Public Health show the Tri-County adding 3,494 new COVID-19 cases in the last month, along with 13 fatalities.
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About one in five people who contract COVID-19 suffer from new or lingering symptoms of the virus weeks or even months after their initial infection. It's a condition the medical community now calls "long COVID."
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Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties are all classified at a high community transmission level for COVID-19. But Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson doesn’t foresee a return to strict measures to reduce the spread.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that Illinois’ COVID-19 data reporting is changing to align with the CDC’s updated guidelines, which emphasize the case rates and hospitalizations as the most accurate metrics to track the virus.
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COVID-19 numbers in the Peoria region are currently at some of the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began.
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In Part Two of a conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Mayor Ali discusses an array of topics, including the city's efforts to reduce violence.
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COVID testing has become big business as more biomedical companies try to cash in on the high demand.
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The man behind Reditus Labs wants to become a destination employer for a lot more than COVID testingCoronavirus testing has made Reditus Laboratories one of the fastest-growing employers in central Illinois, and the man behind the company's success says it's about more than good timing. In the first of a two-part series on Reditus’ sudden rise, CEO Aaron Rossi has a unique blend of business interests that goes beyond the biomedical lab. There's orthotics, there's branding, and soon there may even be cannabis growing in his future.
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The Peoria City/County Health Department on Monday reported 257 active cases, including eight hospitalized residents.
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Bradley University is following the state of Illinois in relaxing its indoor masking mandates come Monday, Feb. 28.
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Local data continues trending in the right direction, says Peoria City-County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson.
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Active COVID-19 cases in Peoria County are down to the fewest in three months, with hospitalizations at their lowest since early December.