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Galesburg Reporter

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

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

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As of September 30, there have been 31 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 1,224 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 704 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 3017,9607043.9
September 2917,8086803.8
September 2817,6266723.8
September 2717,5566703.8
September 2617,3636483.7
September 2517,2506403.7
September 2417,0596313.7
September 2316,7666273.7
September 2216,5176133.7
September 2116,4676053.7

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