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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

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

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As of August 6, there have been 248 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 2,514 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 6, there have been 3,845 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 159 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 %
August 644,8253,8458.6
August 543,9723,7538.5
August 443,2243,6968.6
August 342,5123,6558.6
August 241,6473,6108.7
August 140,8923,5698.7
July 3140,2923,5078.7
July 3039,2053,4198.7
July 2938,1873,3408.7
July 2837,6503,2648.7

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