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

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As of August 31, there have been 47 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 440 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 426 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 24 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 %
August 314,7894268.9
August 304,7734248.9
August 294,6854229.0
August 284,6364148.9
August 274,5914149.0
August 264,5644099.0
August 254,5164028.9
August 244,4994008.9
August 234,4783938.8
August 224,3603919.0

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