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6 Knox County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 14, there have been six Knox 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 396 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 14, there have been 175 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 %
July 144,5081753.9
July 134,4491713.8
July 124,3891703.9
July 114,3041683.9
July 104,1711573.8
July 94,1391523.7
July 84,0601493.7
July 73,9701493.8
July 63,8971473.8
July 53,6921403.8

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