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Friday, May 23, 2025

6 Effingham County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 21, there have been six Effingham 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 655 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 0.9 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 21, there have been 46 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 213,851461.2
July 203,805421.1
July 193,707421.1
July 183,677401.1
July 173,567381.1
July 163,429351.0
July 153,298351.1
July 143,227341.1
July 133,210321.0
July 123,184311.0

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