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Friday, May 23, 2025

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

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As of July 22, there have been nine 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 567 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 22, there have been 48 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 223,934481.2
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

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