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

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As of August 31, there have been 57 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 1,127 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 481 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 3110,9024814.4
August 3010,8364814.4
August 2910,8034814.5
August 2810,6884804.5
August 2710,5894754.5
August 2610,5214664.4
August 2510,4384594.4
August 2410,3324484.3
August 2310,2694474.4
August 2210,2204414.3

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