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Galesburg Reporter

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

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

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As of August 1, there have been 13 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 724 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 1, there have been 251 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death 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 %
August 16,9152513.6
July 316,8102413.5
July 306,7092353.5
July 296,4902273.5
July 286,1482233.6
July 276,0892233.7
July 265,9572193.7
July 255,8162163.7
July 245,6832113.7
July 235,5631993.6

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