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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

222 Cass County residents in their 70s test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 15, there have been 222 Cass County residents in their 70s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,769 residents in their 70s in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 15, there have been 4,594 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths from the coronavirus in Cass County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Cass County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 1546,9544,5949.8
March 1446,8874,5939.8
March 1146,8414,5929.8
March 1046,7844,5909.8
March 946,7104,5869.8
March 846,6394,5849.8
March 746,5734,5819.8

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