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

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As of August 31, there have been 17 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 357 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 70 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths 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 %
August 313,446702.0
August 303,413702.1
August 293,353712.1
August 283,341702.1
August 273,235692.1
August 263,207692.2
August 253,184682.1
August 243,166702.2
August 233,056702.3
August 222,996692.3

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