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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

11 Coles County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 19, there have been 11 Coles County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 292 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three 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
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 19
1,649
85
5.2
May 18
1,625
85
5.2
May 17
1,485
81
5.5
May 16
1,363
73
5.4
May 15
1,210
67
5.5
May 14
844
62
7.3
May 13
722
62
8.6
May 12
542
58
10.7
May 11
511
41
8.0
May 10
465
24
5.2

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