Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
TAZEWELL COUNTY/WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. The health departments of Tazewell County and Woodford County announced Wednesday they will soon be offering online scheduling for COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
No date has been attached to the start of online scheduling for Woodford County, but the Tazewell County Health Department (TCHD) said it will offer online scheduling at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5.
The appointments available in Tazewell County will be for Feb. 23 – Feb. 27 and will not be final until confirmed by TCHD via email, phone or text.
TCHD also said to be aware that appointments may fill quickly.
TCHD is encouraging online scheduling, but individuals will also be able to call the health department at 10 a.m. the same day to sign up for an appointment.
Joe Deacon / WCBU
With nine new fatalities announced Wednesday, the Tri-County area has moved to the brink of reaching 500 deaths linked to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
However, active cases in the region declined by nearly 300 in the past day, with 2,439 residents in home isolation and 90 coronavirus patients in Peoria-area hospitals, including 27 in intensive care units. Total infections increased by 148, to 30,488 since mid-March.
Five of the most recent victims were from Peoria County; they included a man and a woman both in their 50s, and three people from long-term care facilities. All four Tazewell County victims were at least 60, including a woman in her 90s from Washington Senior Living. The region’s death toll stands at 498.