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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

17 Hancock County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 22, there have been 17 Hancock County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 589 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 22, there have been 113 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Hancock 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 Hancock County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 223,8741132.9
August 213,8221112.9
August 203,7701062.8
August 193,6781022.8
August 183,6571022.8
August 173,541952.7
August 163,483922.6
August 153,462852.5
August 143,408762.2
August 133,366722.1

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