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80 St. Clair County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 16, there have been 80 St. Clair 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 412 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 19 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 16, there have been 783 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 65 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 164,58978317.1
May 154,41476517.3
May 144,25075917.9
May 134,10373718.0
May 123,94872718.4
May 113,90871918.4
May 103,77071118.9
May 93,57768919.3
May 83,35364819.3
May 73,14162319.8

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