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859 Vermilion County residents of 80 years and older test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 16, there have been 859 Vermilion County residents of 80 years and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 23,859 residents of 80 years and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 3.6 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 16, there have been 27,825 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 292 deaths from the coronavirus in Vermilion 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 Vermilion County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 16358,00127,8257.8
March 15357,67227,8297.8
March 14357,46027,8337.8
March 11356,56127,8327.8
March 10356,23627,8317.8
March 9355,77327,8327.8
March 8355,25827,8307.8
March 7355,00627,8277.8

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