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

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As of July 5, there have been 198 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 1,609 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 12 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 5, there have been 2,017 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 137 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 %
July 522,6462,0178.9
July 422,0241,9889.0
July 321,4871,9659.1
July 221,0561,9279.2
July 120,5651,9069.3
June 3019,9691,8749.4
June 2919,5501,8639.5
June 2819,0211,8019.5
June 2718,6561,7599.4
June 2618,0901,7229.5

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