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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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

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As of August 20, there have been 38 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 1,736 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 20, there have been 637 confirmed COVID-19 cases and eight 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 2015,8156374.0
August 1915,5796204.0
August 1815,0815683.8
August 1714,8975523.7
August 1614,6745343.6
August 1514,4825123.5
August 1414,3144993.5
August 1314,0164773.4
August 1213,6784543.3
August 1113,4384343.2

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