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

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As of September 30, there have been 46 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 598 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 524 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 %
September 306,4785248.1
September 296,3685208.2
September 286,3375158.1
September 276,3265158.1
September 266,2925148.2
September 256,2505148.2
September 246,1825078.2
September 236,1445078.3
September 226,0364978.2
September 216,0144968.2

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