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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

71 Effingham County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 71 Effingham 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 1,242 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 535 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 318,4995356.3
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

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