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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

16 Champaign County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 24, there have been 16 Champaign 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 699 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 24, there have been 556 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven deaths from the coronavirus in Champaign 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 Champaign County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 24
10,260
556
5.4
May 23
9,906
537
5.4
May 22
9,444
515
5.5
May 21
8,853
496
5.6
May 20
8,253
472
5.7
May 19
7,827
435
5.6
May 18
7,622
418
5.5
May 17
7,312
401
5.5
May 16
6,948
366
5.3
May 15
6,649
344
5.2

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