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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

42 Morgan County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 24, there have been 42 Morgan County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,534 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 448 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 17 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 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
August 169,4553924.1
August 159,3993683.9

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