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Monday, November 25, 2024

85 DeKalb County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 85 DeKalb County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,566 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 1,110 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 35 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 %
August 3122,0111,1105.0
August 3021,8271,1035.1
August 2921,5581,0925.1
August 2821,2671,0895.1
August 2720,9781,0825.2
August 2620,8121,0785.2
August 2520,5221,0645.2
August 2420,3471,0485.2
August 2320,1431,0445.2
August 2219,7891,0385.2

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