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896 Crawford County residents in their 40s test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 15, there have been 896 Crawford County residents in their 40s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 15,538 residents in their 40s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.8 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 15, there have been 6,167 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 44 deaths from the coronavirus in Crawford County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Crawford County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 1586,0476,1677.2
March 1485,9996,1677.2
March 1185,8616,1667.2
March 1085,7366,1657.2
March 985,6686,1637.2
March 885,6156,1627.2
March 785,5786,1627.2

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