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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

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

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As of August 26, there have been 54 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 1,072 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 26, there have been 466 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18 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 2610,5214664.4
August 2510,4384594.4
August 2410,3324484.3
August 2310,2694474.4
August 2210,2204414.3
August 2110,0044304.3
August 209,9524224.2
August 199,8204154.2
August 189,6884054.2
August 179,5524024.2

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