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Friday, May 23, 2025

7 Effingham County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 13, there have been seven Effingham County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 470 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 13, there have been 32 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Effingham 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 Effingham County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
July 133,210321.0
July 123,184311.0
July 113,113301.0
July 103,033270.9
July 92,970200.7
July 82,908190.7
July 72,792190.7
July 62,774190.7
July 52,722180.7
July 42,693170.6

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