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218 Winnebago County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 3, there have been 218 Winnebago County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,257 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 3, there have been 3,688 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 125 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 352,6043,6887.0
August 252,2123,6737.0
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

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