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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

39 Knox County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 39 Knox 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 1,638 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 458 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths 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 3112,3404583.7
August 3012,1804493.7
August 2911,8904413.7
August 2811,6654413.8
August 2711,2854403.9
August 2611,2474363.9
August 2511,0104293.9
August 2410,9364253.9
August 2310,8804223.9
August 2210,6774153.9

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