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76 Madison County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 26, there have been 76 Madison 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 793 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 26, there have been 540 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 56 deaths from the coronavirus in Madison 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 Madison County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 265,33054010.1
May 255,21253910.3
May 245,07753310.5
May 234,91152310.6
May 224,72851610.9
May 214,38450611.5
May 204,18450212.0
May 194,05649912.3
May 183,92849312.6
May 173,86849012.7

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