PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Thursday reported an increase of 18 area hospitalizations due to COVID-19 compared to Wednesday.
As of Thursday afternoon, 46 patients were in ICU beds while 128 patients were in non-ICU beds.
Overall, the tri-county Thursday reported an increase of 284 COVID-19 cases and one new area death.
The area death reported was a Tazewell County woman in her 90s, who resided at Washington Christian Village.
Peoria County reported a total of 153 new cases, Tazewell County reported 101 new cases, and Woodford County added 30 cases.
On a regional level, positivity rate in Region 2 of Illinois has increased to 7.6%, up from 7.3% Wednesday.
ICU bed capacity held steady at 18%, and overall hospitalizations due to COVID in the region have increased by six compared to Wednesday.
