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

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As of June 16, there have been 38 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 758 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 16, there have been 490 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 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 %
June 166,9354907.1
June 156,8214907.2
June 146,7594847.2
June 136,6774727.1
June 126,4224717.3
June 116,2564667.4
June 106,1344607.5
June 95,9444577.7
June 85,8724567.8
June 75,7804577.9

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