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116 St. Clair County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 22, there have been 116 St. Clair County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,084 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 22, there have been 907 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 70 deaths from the coronavirus in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 22
6,519
907
13.9
May 21
6,270
888
14.2
May 20
5,884
858
14.6
May 19
5,057
832
16.5
May 18
4,941
815
16.5
May 17
4,845
805
16.6
May 16
4,589
783
17.1
May 15
4,414
765
17.3
May 14
4,250
759
17.9
May 13
4,103
737
18.0

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