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PEORIA, Ill. The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported an overall increase of 11 hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 compared to Friday, a concerning trend that continues to increase in recent weeks.
However, positivity rate in Region 2 of Illinois has started to head back down and now sits at 7%. Before the downward trend that started three days ago, the region had been seeing constant increases, much like hospitalizations.
Four deaths were reported due to COVID-19 in Peoria County over the weekend: a male in his 70s, a male in his 80s with comorbidities, a female in her 60s with comorbidities, and a female in her 70s with comorbidities.
Will restaurants be shut down? Will organized sports be halted?
“We are waiting for IDPH to get some more clarification on that, said Monica Hendrickson, administrator for the Peoria City/County Health Department. “There is a likelihood that mitigations will come in. Will it look like what we saw in the fall? Not necessarily. We have to recognize that we are living in a different environment where vaccine availability does exist.”
Local mitigations will be based on the metrics, which are very different from when Illinois COVID-19 plan was created, said Hendrickson. When the mitigation plans were first put forward in the fall, we were in a landscape where vaccines did not exist. Now it looks considerably different, and we are also looking at a different population that is being impacted,” she said.
=== We have to recognize that we are living in a different environment where vaccine availability does exist. ===
Agreed. The smart, sensible, reasonable thing to do is bite the bullet and require proof of vaccination for indoor dining, bars, gyms, movie theatres, etc.
The hybrid model is not working, because it’s not enforceable.
The governor needs to lead on this.
- Just Me 2 - Friday, Apr 16, 21 @ 10:47 am:
My parents live in the Peoria area and when I visit and go into town masks and social distancing is simply optional. Signs are everywhere complaining about Pritzker’s efforts to stop the disease. Not surprised their numbers are going in the wrong direction.