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Will County Gazette

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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

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As of September 7, there have been 493 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 11,112 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 7, there have been 12,337 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 361 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 %
September 7178,78312,3376.9
September 6177,73012,2606.9
September 5176,36012,1896.9
September 4174,22012,0476.9
September 3168,29711,7377.0
September 2167,33911,6767.0
September 1166,30311,6197.0
August 31165,46411,5467.0
August 30163,44111,4477.0
August 29162,29011,3717.0

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