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

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As of August 21, there have been 215 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 5,030 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 21, there have been 3,441 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 90 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 2151,4443,4416.7
August 2050,8203,3666.6
August 1949,9943,2896.6
August 1849,4383,2416.6
August 1748,7553,1526.5
August 1648,2323,1116.5
August 1547,5033,0516.4
August 1446,6942,9696.4
August 1345,8752,8556.2
August 1245,0552,7776.2

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