Peoria Standard

As of Jan. 28, there have been 132,314 Illinois residents in their 70s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,546,209 residents in their 70s in the state who had been tested, meaning that 5.2 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 28, there have been 2,897,174 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 30,688 deaths from the coronavirus in Illinois.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
January 28	50,798,837	2,897,174	5.7
January 27	50,583,769	2,881,721	5.7
January 26	50,359,271	2,867,299	5.7
January 25	50,216,132	2,851,567	5.7
January 24	50,091,035	2,837,861	5.7
January 21	49,488,107	2,773,362	5.6
January 20	49,197,443	2,732,720	5.6
January 19	48,960,282	2,709,474	5.5