PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City/County Health Department on Tuesday reported 122 new cases of COVID-19 in the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county.
61 of them were in Peoria County, with 46 in Tazewell and 15 in Woodford.
A woman in her 80s with comorbidities passed away. She lived at Heritage Health in El Paso, which has experienced an outbreak in recent weeks.
96 people were in area hospitals with the virus. 30 of them were in intensive care.
The area’s recovery rate slightly improved from Monday’s numbers, to 78.41%.
Region Two, which is set Wednesday to go into mitigation mode, reached a 9.9% rolling seven-day positivity rate.
