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Will County Gazette

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

417 Will County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 17, there have been 417 Will 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 6,887 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 17, there have been 7,542 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 330 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 %
July 1795,9277,5427.9
July 1694,6487,4767.9
July 1593,4287,4368.0
July 1492,0447,3828.0
July 1391,2057,3408.0
July 1289,9467,2788.1
July 1188,3967,2238.2
July 1087,1597,1718.2
July 985,7267,1208.3
July 884,1457,0618.4

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