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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

128 Effingham County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

Vaccine

As of September 30, there have been 128 Effingham County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,759 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 883 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three 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 3012,1018837.3
September 2911,9948797.3
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

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