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22 Hancock County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 29, there have been 22 Hancock 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 586 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 132 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths 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 294,4201323.0
August 284,1871263.0
August 274,1511233.0
August 264,1241202.9
August 254,0851182.9
August 244,0561162.9
August 234,0231132.8
August 223,8741132.9
August 213,8221112.9
August 203,7701062.8

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