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

Vaccine

As of August 31, there have been 279 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 3,598 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 5,264 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 170 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 3161,0535,2648.6
August 3060,7135,2448.6
August 2960,1045,2278.7
August 2859,3875,1588.7
August 2758,4665,1078.7
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

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