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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

25 Knox County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 21, there have been 25 Knox County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,160 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 21, there have been 605 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 2116,4676053.7
September 2016,2245983.7
September 1915,9505813.6
September 1815,6495653.6
September 1715,4125523.6
September 1615,0565483.6
September 1514,7525383.6
September 1414,5785273.6
September 1314,4555253.6
September 1214,1865213.7

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