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Sunday, May 11, 2025

8 DeKalb County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 26, there have been eight DeKalb 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 264 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 26, there have been 331 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 263,6143319.2
May 253,5363259.2
May 243,4513199.2
May 233,3123099.3
May 223,1882999.4
May 212,76828710.4
May 202,63927610.5
May 192,52826810.6
May 182,41626210.8
May 172,32025110.8

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