Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, there have been 48,413,300 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Peoria metropolitan area, located in Illinois, a total of 60,130 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,059 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,798 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Peoria is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Peoria metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Tazewell County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 22,399 infections in Tazewell County, or 16,734 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Tazewell County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Peoria area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 264 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Tazewell County, compared to 236 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Peoria metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 3, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tazewell County, IL | 16,734 | 22,399 | 264 | 353 |
| 2 | Woodford County, IL | 16,452 | 6,386 | 237 | 92 |
| 3 | Stark County, IL | 16,291 | 896 | 527 | 29 |
| 4 | Peoria County, IL | 15,668 | 28,901 | 209 | 386 |
| 5 | Marshall County, IL | 13,125 | 1,548 | 195 | 23 |
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