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8 Massac County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been eight Massac 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 331 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Massac 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 Massac County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 312,136653.0
August 302,131653.1
August 292,114653.1
August 282,094643.1
August 272,084633.0
August 262,062613.0
August 252,046602.9
August 242,032562.8
August 231,998522.6
August 221,977512.6

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