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23 Iroquois County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 22, there have been 23 Iroquois 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 128 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 18 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 22, there have been 124 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Iroquois 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 Iroquois County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 22
944
124
13.1
May 21
902
120
13.3
May 20
864
119
13.8
May 19
838
119
14.2
May 18
827
118
14.3
May 17
799
117
14.6
May 16
775
114
14.7
May 15
749
111
14.8
May 14
713
107
15.0
May 13
683
101
14.8

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