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2 Shelby County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 29

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Two Shelby County residents in their seventies tested positive for COVID-19 on August 29, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In total, there have been 17 positive cases reported in Shelby County among residents in their seventies, accounting for 8.9 percent of all cases in the county. Through August 29, Shelby County has reported a total of 192 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, three of which have ended with the victim's death.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 %
2020-08-294,8741923.9%
2020-08-284,8031853.9%
2020-08-274,7091763.7%
2020-08-264,6481713.7%
2020-08-254,5971583.4%
2020-08-244,5531533.4%
2020-08-234,5141503.3%
2020-08-224,4571463.3%
2020-08-214,3431293%
2020-08-204,2561232.9%

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