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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

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

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As of August 23, there have been 50 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 1,192 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 23, there have been 283 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 17 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 %
August 237,6172833.7
August 227,3892833.8
August 217,3142823.9
August 207,2622813.9
August 197,2032823.9
August 187,1342803.9
August 177,0522804.0
August 167,0312804.0
August 156,6742794.2
August 146,6372764.2

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