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Friday, November 8, 2024

15 Effingham County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 30, there have been 15 Effingham 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 875 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 30, there have been 523 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Effingham 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 Effingham County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 308,4065236.2
August 298,2525066.1
August 288,1534785.9
August 277,9874645.8
August 267,7864245.4
August 257,6964125.4
August 247,5963985.2
August 237,5123915.2
August 227,4343674.9
August 217,2083454.8

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