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Carbondale Reporter

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

12 Williamson County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 8, there have been 12 Williamson 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 1,055 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 8, there have been 388 confirmed COVID-19 cases and six deaths from the coronavirus in Williamson 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 Williamson County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 812,8193883.0
August 712,7173742.9
August 612,5153642.9
August 512,2263492.9
August 411,9303442.9
August 311,7413412.9
August 211,5633292.8
August 111,3513152.8
July 3111,1603012.7
July 3010,9562892.6

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