PEORIA, Ill. — The 50th area COVID-19 death was reached over the weekend.
The female in her 80s who died was not a resident of a long-term care facility, the Peoria City/County Health Department said.
Her death was Tazewell County’s 10th.
Peoria’s count was at 36, while Woodford to date has reported four.
In addition to the woman’s death, there were 178 new cases throughout the tri-county, with Peoria reporting 111, Tazewell recording 52, and Woodford seeing 15.
The recovery rate sat Monday at just below 74%.
57 COVID patients were in area hospitals. 20 of them were intensive care cases.
