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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.
Local health officials reported 10 COVID-19-related deaths in the Peoria area over the weekend.
Six were Tazewell County residents, and four were from Peoria County. The Tazewell County deaths included a man in his 60s, a woman in her 60s, two men in their 70s, a man in his 80s and a man in his 90s. Two were residents of Pekin Manor, and a third was a resident of Villas of Holly Brook in Pekin.
The Peoria County deaths included a man in his 20s, a man in his 50s and a man in his 60s. The Peoria City/County Health Department is awaiting information on the fourth death.
Federal health officials who recommended shelving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday did so just under three weeks after the one-and-done shot went into Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s left arm.
That means the chief executive of the state’s pandemic response is still within the three-week window experts have spotlighted since six vaccinated women suffered severe complications from blood clots within that time frame.
But like the overwhelming majority of the other 6.8 million Americans who have gotten the J&J jab, J.B. hasn’t had any problems, according to his office.
“The Governor does not have concerns after receiving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, nor has he experienced any health issues since receiving his shot,” Pritzker’s press secretary Jordan Abudayyeh said in an email.
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