PEORIA, Ill. — 61 new COVID-19 cases and no newly reported deaths highlighted Tuesday’s Peoria City/County Health Department report.
Tazewell County topped the tri-county with 29, while Peoria reported 27 and Woodford accounted for the remaining five.
Area hospitalizations increased incrementally. 36 people as of Monday afternoon were in hospitals, but that number had risen Tuesday afternoon to 38.
Of those in hospitals, 14 were in intensive care.
No significant changes occurred within the key Region Two metrics.
Rolling seven-day positivity rate ticked down to 3.8%, region ICU availability remained at 29%, and the number of COVID patients throughout the region in hospitals went down to 115.
