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

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As of September 18, there have been 289 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 6,679 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 18, there have been 5,098 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 149 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 %
September 1881,8675,0986.2
September 1781,0395,0446.2
September 1680,0494,9676.2
September 1578,9404,8836.2
September 1478,3164,8436.2
September 1377,4604,7906.2
September 1276,8134,7576.2
September 1176,3504,7316.2
September 1075,5644,6616.2
September 974,9654,6096.1

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