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

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As of June 17, there have been 178 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 971 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 18 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 17, there have been 1,520 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 122 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 %
June 1713,4361,52011.3
June 1612,9331,49211.5
June 1512,8651,46511.4
June 1412,5331,44611.5
June 1312,1961,42211.7
June 1211,9001,39211.7
June 1111,6001,36811.8
June 1011,2331,35412.1
June 911,0101,34012.2
June 810,8891,31912.1

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