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Thursday, July 17, 2025

97 Coles County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 28, there have been 97 Coles County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,390 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 884 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 2817,8138845.0
August 2717,5228604.9
August 2617,2368274.8
August 2516,9937984.7
August 2416,9027864.7
August 2316,6987854.7
August 2216,3507594.6
August 2115,8237334.6
August 2015,4046974.5
August 1915,2446764.4

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