PEORIA, Ill. — The tri-county of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford between Tuesday and Wednesday added four deaths related to COVID-19 to its totals.
A woman from Peoria in her 40s died, and was not reported by the Peoria City/County Health Department to have had any comorbidities. A man in his 50s and a woman in her 70s who died were reported as having had underlying health problems
A Tazewell woman in her 60s also died.
131 people during the reporting period tested positive. 61 of them live in Peoria, 47 reside in Tazewell, and 23 are from Woodford.
Hospitalizations for a second straight day decreased. 133 people as of Wednesday afternoon were in hospital beds, of whom 28 were intensive care-level.
Region Two’s ICU bed capacity remained at 16%. One fewer hospital bed, overall, was in use on Wednesday than was the case on Tuesday, and rolling seven-day positivity fell to an even 5%.
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