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34 Effingham County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

Vaccine

As of September 28, there have been 34 Effingham 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 1,174 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 28, there have been 872 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Effingham 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 Effingham County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 2811,9348727.3
September 2711,8648707.3
September 2611,8128657.3
September 2511,6778587.3
September 2411,5028487.4
September 2311,2928367.4
September 2211,2198347.4
September 2111,1008257.4
September 2011,0468207.4
September 1910,9778097.4

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