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12 Johnson County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 17, there have been 12 Johnson County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 270 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 17, there have been 79 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Johnson 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 Johnson County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 171,637794.8
August 161,606784.9
August 151,581774.9
August 141,557764.9
August 131,534714.6
August 121,515704.6
August 111,493714.8
August 101,485694.6
August 91,465674.6
August 81,442664.6

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