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

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As of May 31, there have been 126 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 611 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 20 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 1,137 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 82 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 318,8731,13712.8
May 308,5121,12113.2
May 298,1151,09113.4
May 287,8331,05013.4
May 277,6431,03513.5
May 267,5461,01713.5
May 257,35799113.5
May 247,21496613.4
May 236,95393913.5
May 226,51990713.9

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