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

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As of August 20, there have been 266 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 3,125 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 20, there have been 4,664 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 166 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 2054,2404,6648.6
August 1953,2644,6268.7
August 1852,6364,5518.6
August 1751,9694,4848.6
August 1651,4474,4258.6
August 1550,4784,3708.7
August 1449,8404,2898.6
August 1349,0574,2158.6
August 1248,2864,1558.6
August 1147,8494,1078.6

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