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67 Boone County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of October 4, there have been 67 Boone 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 1,253 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 4, there have been 1,213 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths from the coronavirus in Boone 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 Boone County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
October 416,4761,2137.4
October 316,3031,1997.4
October 215,9531,1787.4
October 115,7031,1607.4
September 3015,5381,1537.4
September 2915,3491,1367.4
September 2815,1191,1287.5
September 2715,0121,1257.5
September 2614,8501,1137.5
September 2514,6811,0957.5

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