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

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As of August 11, there have been 42 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 1,164 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 11, there have been 492 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 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 1112,9434923.8
August 1012,6854873.8
August 912,5924723.7
August 812,4524743.8
August 712,2594483.7
August 612,1084333.6
August 511,8754223.6
August 411,8074113.5
August 311,6484013.4
August 211,4553993.5

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