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408 Iroquois County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 29, there have been 408 Iroquois County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 8,063 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.1 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 29, there have been 5,372 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 90 deaths from the coronavirus in Iroquois County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Iroquois County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 2989,3885,3726
December 2889,1265,3396
December 2788,7635,3086
December 2387,7845,2316
December 2287,4735,1985.9
December 2187,1855,1675.9
December 2086,8715,1455.9

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