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16 Coles County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 19, there have been 16 Coles 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 138 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 85 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven deaths from the coronavirus in Coles 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 Coles County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 191,649855.2
May 181,625855.2
May 171,485815.5
May 161,363735.4
May 151,210675.5
May 14844627.3
May 13722628.6
May 125425810.7
May 11511418.0
May 10465245.2

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