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12 Union County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 19, there have been 12 Union County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 81 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 122 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Union 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 Union County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 1994412212.9
May 1892812213.1
May 1791212213.4
May 1690212213.5
May 1584211713.9
May 1480311314.1
May 1371110514.8
May 125396311.7
May 115126312.3
May 105026312.5

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