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Saturday, April 5, 2025

500 Will County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 15, there have been 500 Will County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,407 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 15, there have been 4,277 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 237 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 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
May 919,2953,63618.8
May 818,7073,56119.0
May 717,8853,43419.2
May 617,2343,33219.3

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