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

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As of August 14, there have been 218 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 4,785 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 14, there have been 3,835 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 134 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 1457,9933,8356.6
August 1357,5063,8146.6
August 1257,1683,8066.7
August 1156,6093,7976.7
August 1056,2683,7846.7
August 956,0793,7796.7
August 855,5403,7726.8
August 754,9533,7556.8
August 654,4623,7466.9
August 553,9163,7306.9

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