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Friday, July 18, 2025

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

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As of August 4, there have been 900 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 16,482 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 4, there have been 8,729 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 340 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 %
August 4120,6408,7297.2
August 3118,9958,6507.3
August 2118,1368,5927.3
August 1116,5658,5027.3
July 31115,2808,4437.3
July 30113,4118,3527.4
July 29112,0848,2607.4
July 28110,6798,1917.4
July 27109,6428,1487.4
July 26108,5898,1017.5

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