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59 Knox County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 16, there have been 59 Knox 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 1,402 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 16, there have been 361 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 169,3563613.9
August 159,2183513.8
August 149,0403443.8
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

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