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68 Peoria County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 5, there have been 68 Peoria 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 2,978 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 5, there have been 1,445 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths from the coronavirus in Peoria 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 Peoria County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 543,5441,4453.3
August 442,2801,3993.3
August 341,5171,3413.2
August 240,7101,3023.2
August 140,2371,2803.2
July 3139,3341,2523.2
July 3037,9501,1893.1
July 2937,2651,1063.0
July 2836,4251,0662.9
July 2735,9691,0362.9

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