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Sunday, July 13, 2025

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

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As of August 29, there have been seven Cumberland 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 268 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 133 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 292,9531334.5
August 282,9301284.4
August 272,8121274.5
August 262,7841234.4
August 252,7521144.1
August 242,7341094.0
August 232,6921074.0
August 222,6551033.9
August 212,608953.6
August 202,540863.4

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