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7 Shelby County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 10, there have been seven Shelby 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 474 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 10, there have been 80 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Shelby 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 Shelby County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 103,668802.2
August 93,638792.2
August 83,598792.2
August 73,501752.1
August 63,453682.0
August 53,321672.0
August 43,290631.9
August 33,237601.9
August 23,192601.9
August 13,146561.8

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