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99 St. Clair County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 21, there have been 99 St. Clair 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 399 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 24 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 21, there have been 888 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 69 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 216,27088814.2
May 205,88485814.6
May 195,05783216.5
May 184,94181516.5
May 174,84580516.6
May 164,58978317.1
May 154,41476517.3
May 144,25075917.9
May 134,10373718.0
May 123,94872718.4

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