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Thursday, May 15, 2025

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

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As of May 31, there have been 25 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 230 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 127 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 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 312,6381274.8
May 302,5931264.9
May 292,5271254.9
May 282,4211235.1
May 272,3261195.1
May 262,3011155.0
May 252,2701165.1
May 242,0891155.5
May 231,983984.9
May 221,935954.9

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