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7 Knox County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 16, there have been seven Knox County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 505 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 16, there have been 179 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 164,7451793.8
July 154,6581763.8
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

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