DeKalb Times

As of Feb. 22, there have been 859 DeKalb 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 16,710 residents in their 70s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.1 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Feb. 22, there have been 22,892 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 188 deaths from the coronavirus in DeKalb 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
February 22	320,007	22,892	7.2
February 18	317,920	22,853	7.2
February 17	316,756	22,828	7.2
February 16	315,652	22,814	7.2
February 15	314,886	22,762	7.2
February 14	314,489	22,737	7.2