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

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As of August 26, there have been 273 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 3,476 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 26, there have been 5,058 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 168 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 2658,3405,0588.7
August 2557,7905,0108.7
August 2457,1044,9588.7
August 2356,4834,8828.6
August 2255,6464,8148.7
August 2154,7444,7238.6
August 2054,2404,6648.6
August 1953,2644,6268.7
August 1852,6364,5518.6
August 1751,9694,4848.6

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