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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

46 Morgan County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 17, there have been 46 Morgan 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 945 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 17, there have been 402 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths from the coronavirus in Morgan 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 Morgan County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 179,5524024.2
August 169,4553924.1
August 159,3993683.9
August 149,1853533.8
August 138,7822913.3
August 128,6272863.3
August 118,4642693.2
August 108,2582683.2
August 98,0362493.1
August 87,8232423.1

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