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6 McDonough County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 23, there have been six McDonough County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 130 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 23, there have been 79 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in McDonough 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 McDonough County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 23
973
79
8.1
May 22
948
75
7.9
May 21
899
75
8.3
May 20
865
73
8.4
May 19
837
72
8.6
May 18
810
64
7.9
May 17
784
64
8.2
May 16
759
61
8.0
May 15
714
58
8.1
May 14
674
58
8.6

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