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Monday, July 7, 2025

26 McDonough County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 4, there have been 26 McDonough 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 482 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 4, there have been 133 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths from the coronavirus in McDonough 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 McDonough County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 43,8571333.4
August 33,7881283.4
August 23,7831283.4
August 13,7431253.3
July 313,6971233.3
July 303,6511233.4
July 293,6091213.4
July 283,5891213.4
July 273,5421213.4
July 263,5121213.4

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