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

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As of August 7, there have been 220 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 3,371 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 7, there have been 3,755 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 129 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 754,9533,7556.8
August 654,4623,7466.9
August 553,9163,7306.9
August 453,1313,7047.0
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

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