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

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As of September 5, there have been 74 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 1,699 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 5, there have been 1,024 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18 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 %
September 520,1611,0245.1
September 419,9981,0175.1
September 319,2799655.0
September 218,9229605.1
September 118,7739274.9
August 3118,6789084.9
August 3018,5168794.7
August 2918,1738604.7
August 2817,8988124.5
August 2717,6748064.6

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