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Friday, April 4, 2025

12 Knox County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 18, there have been 12 Knox 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 191 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 18, there have been 89 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Knox 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 Knox County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 181,396896.4
May 171,342876.5
May 161,320866.5
May 151,298846.5
May 141,229796.4
May 131,158796.8
May 121,116776.9
May 111,077757.0
May 101,002737.3
May 9893718.0

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