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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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

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As of August 19, there have been 541 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 9,433 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 19, there have been 3,966 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 135 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 1961,0993,9666.5
August 1859,7773,9016.5
August 1759,4153,8856.5
August 1658,7393,8616.6
August 1558,3583,8536.6
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

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