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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

8 Shelby County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 3, there have been eight Shelby 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 554 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 3, there have been 226 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Shelby 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 Shelby County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 35,1722264.4
September 25,0562214.4
September 15,0282104.2
August 314,9902014.0
August 304,9471943.9
August 294,8741923.9
August 284,8031853.9
August 274,7091763.7
August 264,6481713.7
August 254,5971583.4

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