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Monday, November 25, 2024

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

Vaccine

As of August 29, there have been 58 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 1,972 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 860 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 12 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 2918,1738604.7
August 2817,8988124.5
August 2717,6748064.6
August 2617,4647844.5
August 2517,0447474.4
August 2416,8037164.3
August 2316,6236954.2
August 2216,3356734.1
August 2116,0876544.1
August 2015,8156374.0

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