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Will County Gazette

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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

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As of August 28, there have been 481 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 9,653 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 11,278 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 358 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 28160,49911,2787.0
August 27158,85711,1367.0
August 26157,74811,0637.0
August 25156,08210,9277.0
August 24154,64510,8307.0
August 23153,07610,7607.0
August 22151,15310,6147.0
August 21149,42810,5017.0
August 20147,41510,3577.0
August 19145,90010,2397.0

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