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Thursday, May 1, 2025

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

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As of October 1, there have been 108 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 2,293 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 1, there have been 1,442 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 50 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 %
October 126,5411,4425.4
September 3026,2431,4265.4
September 2926,0131,4165.4
September 2825,8491,4065.4
September 2725,7291,4015.4
September 2625,3881,3905.5
September 2525,2451,3835.5
September 2425,0171,3715.5
September 2324,7931,3515.4
September 2224,4861,3375.5

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