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267 Madison County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 30, there have been 267 Madison County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,593 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 30, there have been 3,982 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 98 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 3056,5183,9827.0
August 2956,0053,9567.1
August 2855,1933,8687.0
August 2754,6383,8187.0
August 2654,2193,7526.9
August 2553,7373,6666.8
August 2453,2343,6066.8
August 2352,8553,5626.7
August 2252,1903,5036.7
August 2151,4443,4416.7

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