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330 Madison County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 6, there have been 330 Madison County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,807 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 6, there have been 2,410 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 74 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 641,3442,4105.8
August 540,3912,3205.7
August 439,6732,2665.7
August 339,0912,2225.7
August 238,6892,1865.7
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

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