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180 Madison County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 13, there have been 180 Madison 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 4,666 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 13, there have been 2,855 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 79 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 1345,8752,8556.2
August 1245,0552,7776.2
August 1144,3812,7026.1
August 1043,7032,6346.0
August 943,5182,5916.0
August 842,6872,5305.9
August 741,9742,4705.9
August 641,3442,4105.8
August 540,3912,3205.7
August 439,6732,2665.7

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