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

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As of September 16, there have been 64 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 1,197 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 16, there have been 601 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 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 %
September 1612,1846014.9
September 1512,1005964.9
September 1412,0005924.9
September 1311,9175915.0
September 1211,8715905.0
September 1111,8215844.9
September 1011,7085805.0
September 911,6425795.0
September 811,5955775.0
September 711,5485765.0

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