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Monday, July 21, 2025

9 Richland County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 26, there have been nine Richland County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 433 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 26, there have been 58 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Richland 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 Richland County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 263,318581.7
August 253,288581.8
August 243,225541.7
August 233,163531.7
August 223,153531.7
August 213,074481.6
August 203,030461.5
August 193,009461.5
August 182,958421.4
August 172,946421.4

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