No Effingham County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19 on March 24

By Galesburg Reporter

Mar 25, 2021

As of March 24 there were 266 Effingham County residents 80 years of age and older who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2021-03-24	40,360	4,537	11.2%
2021-03-23	40,266	4,533	11.3%
2020-10-13	13,590	995	7.3%
2020-10-08	12,968	950	7.3%
2020-10-07	12,842	941	7.3%
2020-10-06	12,535	930	7.4%
2020-10-04	12,407	918	7.4%
2020-10-03	12,386	915	7.4%
2020-10-02	12,270	906	7.4%
2020-10-01	12,202	896	7.3%