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

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As of August 1, there have been 211 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 5,087 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 1, there have been 2,137 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 72 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 %
August 137,7772,1375.7
July 3137,0562,0995.7
July 3036,1292,0475.7
July 2935,4631,9755.6
July 2834,8041,9425.6
July 2734,2831,9155.6
July 2632,8951,8405.6
July 2532,2481,7625.5
July 2431,3571,6945.4
July 2330,4171,6515.4

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