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

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As of August 31, there have been 235 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 4,059 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 4,248 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 146 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 3166,6754,2486.4
August 3066,2724,2186.4
August 2965,8684,1876.4
August 2865,4704,1756.4
August 2765,2694,1536.4
August 2664,9414,1166.3
August 2564,2374,0876.4
August 2463,6674,0696.4
August 2363,1794,0486.4
August 2262,5264,0186.4

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