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30 Union County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 16, there have been 30 Union 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 112 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 26 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 16, 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 1690212213.5
May 1584211713.9
May 1480311314.1
May 1371110514.8
May 125396311.7
May 115126312.3
May 105026312.5
May 94586213.5
May 84305813.5
May 73745213.9

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