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

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As of September 16, there have been 296 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 6,318 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 16, there have been 5,088 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 126 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 %
September 1667,4675,0887.5
September 1566,9115,0207.5
September 1466,5354,9467.4
September 1365,9184,9087.4
September 1265,4224,8727.4
September 1164,5434,7807.4
September 1063,8044,6937.4
September 963,3864,6317.3
September 862,8234,5857.3
September 762,4114,5367.3

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