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Galesburg Reporter

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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

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As of September 17, there have been 46 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 1,871 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 17, there have been 552 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 %
September 1715,4125523.6
September 1615,0565483.6
September 1514,7525383.6
September 1414,5785273.6
September 1314,4555253.6
September 1214,1865213.7
September 1114,0335113.6
September 1013,8675063.6
September 913,7705053.7
September 813,7204983.6

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