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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

26 Williamson County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 15, there have been 26 Williamson 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 1,565 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 15, there have been 512 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven 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 1514,4825123.5
August 1414,3144993.5
August 1314,0164773.4
August 1213,6784543.3
August 1113,4384343.2
August 1013,2154093.1
August 913,0553993.1
August 812,8193883.0
August 712,7173742.9
August 612,5153642.9

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