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

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As of August 13, there have been 17 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 870 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 13, there have been 331 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 138,9083313.7
August 128,7863243.7
August 118,6213133.6
August 108,5013033.6
August 98,3962993.6
August 88,1592973.6
August 77,9852913.6
August 67,8442853.6
August 57,5162793.7
August 47,3082653.6

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