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55 Madison County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 23, there have been 55 Madison 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 511 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 23, there have been 523 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 52 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 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
May 163,72648112.9
May 153,46946413.4
May 143,22446114.3

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