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6 Clay County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 15, there have been six Clay 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 174 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 15, there have been 134 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Clay 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 Clay County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 152,9801344.5
September 142,9741324.4
September 132,9531294.4
September 122,9221274.3
September 112,8331204.2
September 102,8081164.1
September 92,7901144.1
September 82,7641144.1
September 72,7501134.1
September 62,7381134.1

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