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514 Iroquois County residents in their 70s test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 9, there have been 514 Iroquois County residents in their 70s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 9,654 residents in their 70s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.3 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 9, there have been 7,114 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 111 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 %
March 9107,3597,1146.6
March 8107,1797,1096.6
March 7107,0587,1066.6
March 4106,5977,1046.7
March 3106,3577,1016.7
March 2106,1647,0986.7
March 1105,7987,0966.7
February 28105,7207,0916.7

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