Woodford County Health Department

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.

The 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A spike in COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County has Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson urging people to do their part to alleviate pressure on the health care system.

Active COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County have increased by 52% over the past week, surpassing 2,100 for the first time in 7½ months.

Active COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County increased by 420 in the last seven days, more than tripling the caseload over the past four weeks.

The public health departments in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties on Monday reported 1,356 area residents isolating at home with coronavirus infections, and another 31 patients being treated for COVID-19 at Peoria-area hospitals.