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497 Winnebago County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 1, there have been 497 Winnebago County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 8,031 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 1, there have been 3,663 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 122 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 %
August 151,6443,6637.1
July 3151,2153,6417.1
July 3050,3873,6107.2
July 2949,6423,5827.2
July 2848,7383,5707.3
July 2748,2293,5397.3
July 2647,7053,5167.4
July 2546,9403,4867.4
July 2446,4263,4577.4
July 2345,4613,4187.5

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