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27 Coles County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 7, there have been 27 Coles 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 1,393 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 7, there have been 448 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 20 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 %
August 712,2594483.7
August 612,1084333.6
August 511,8754223.6
August 411,8074113.5
August 311,6484013.4
August 211,4553993.5
August 111,3173853.4
July 3110,9473673.4
July 3010,6823663.4
July 2910,3223613.5

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