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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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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.
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Peoria-area hospitals are treating 60 patients with COVID-19, while another 3,008 infected Tri-County residents are isolating at home. That’s the highest number of active cases reported in the region since 4,790 on Dec. 30.
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With the Tri-County’s COVID-19 caseload climbing sharply during the Christmas season, public health specialists are urging people to take care of their mental well-being in addition to their physical condition.
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One year after COVID-19 vaccines first became available, a little more than half of Tri-County residents are fully vaccinated, and Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson says that is driving the region’s most significant surge in cases since the spring.
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Active COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County have topped 2,500 for the first time since mid-April, increasing more than five-fold over the last six weeks.