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On Tuesday, the Peoria City/County Health Department reported six new deaths in the past 24 hours, a day after announcing seven deaths over the weekend.
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Peoria City/County Health Department administrator Monica Hendrickson says the county has averaged more than 300 new cases per day over the past few weeks.
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The current COVID-19 surge is showing few signs of abating, as the Tri-County region sees hospitals remain maxed out on capacity and daily case counts skyrocketing to new highs.
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Figures provided by the Peoria City/County, Tazewell County, and Woodford County health departments indicate a total of 7,992 area residents are now isolating at home with coronavirus infections.
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Regional Superintendent of Schools Beth Crider said school districts are going to adhere to the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reducing the number of days in isolation from 10 to five.
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The Tri-County's COVID-19 caseload is higher than it has been in more than a year.
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Tri-County public health officials on Wednesday announced 11 more fatalities linked to COVID-19, marking the largest single-day increase in nearly a year.
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The Tazewell County Health Department has been unable to provide hospitalization and home isolation figures since last Thursday. The department is only offering limited COVID data “until further notice” due to high volume.
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The active COVID-19 caseload in Peoria County has tripled over the past three weeks, and the entire Tri-County has added more than 10,000 new cases during that span.
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Hospitals cope with a skyrocketing COVID-19 caseload as Tri-County region adds 1,800 cases in 2 daysThe hospital systems serving the Tri-County are battling a massive COVID-19 surge as active cases in the region topped 5,000 this week for the first time in more than a year, with more than 1,800 new infections reported from Tuesday to Thursday.