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179 Winnebago County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 16, there have been 179 Winnebago County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,420 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 16, there have been 3,251 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 108 deaths from the coronavirus in Winnebago County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Winnebago County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
July 1641,2503,2517.9
July 1540,4923,2157.9
July 1439,9473,2028.0
July 1339,4973,1918.1
July 1238,8943,1698.1
July 1138,0823,1568.3
July 1037,5713,1618.4
July 937,1493,1438.5
July 836,6033,1318.6
July 736,1953,1188.6

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