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16 Iroquois County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 17, there have been 16 Iroquois County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 108 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 17, there have been 117 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 1779911714.6
May 1677511414.7
May 1574911114.8
May 1471310715.0
May 1368310114.8
May 126449915.4
May 116269815.7
May 106069615.8
May 95338916.7
May 85088416.5

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