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Monday, April 7, 2025

315 Will County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 19, there have been 315 Will County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,448 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 12 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 4,560 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 244 deaths from the coronavirus in Will 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 Will County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 1927,1524,56016.8
May 1826,5654,45516.8
May 1725,6334,38817.1
May 1624,9044,31217.3
May 1524,0954,27717.8
May 1422,8914,09017.9
May 1322,0723,97318.0
May 1221,4073,89618.2
May 1120,3243,74018.4
May 1019,7873,68418.6

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