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

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As of May 18, there have been 72 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 608 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 18, there have been 493 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 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 183,92849312.6
May 173,86849012.7
May 163,72648112.9
May 153,46946413.4
May 143,22446114.3
May 133,09444914.5
May 122,97644515.0
May 112,92743514.9
May 102,81342715.2
May 92,67541415.5

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