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256 Ford County residents in their 70s test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 15, there have been 256 Ford County residents in their 70s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,141 residents in their 70s in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 15, there have been 4,386 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 65 deaths from the coronavirus in Ford County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Ford County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 1573,3434,3866
March 1473,2584,3866
March 1173,0774,3866
March 1072,9594,3856
March 972,7974,3856
March 872,6924,3856
March 772,6194,3856

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