PEORIA, Ill. — Two residents of Apostolic Christian Skylines passed away between Monday and Tuesday from COVID-19, according to the Peoria City/County Health Department.
The department did not report whether the female in her 70s and male in his 90s had underlying comorbidities.
Their deaths brought Peoria County’s total from COVID to 43, and the area’s overall total to 64.
Apostolic Christian Skylines also saw a death over the weekend, and two deaths within the week prior.
Overall, Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties combined for 81 new cases of the virus. Tazewell tallied 45, while Peoria saw 29, and Woodford totaled seven.
42 people as of Tuesday were in area hospitals with coronavirus. 17 of them were in intensive care beds.
The area’s recovery rate improved to just below 77%.
