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6 Ford County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 8, there have been six Ford 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 162 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 8, there have been 41 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Ford 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 Ford County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
July 81,547412.7
July 71,524402.6
July 61,463402.7
July 51,421382.7
July 41,385372.7
July 31,355372.7
July 21,331342.6
July 11,301332.5
June 301,274312.4
June 291,251312.5

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