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Thursday, May 15, 2025

36 Macon County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of June 6, there have been 36 Macon 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 469 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 6, there have been 202 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths from the coronavirus in Macon 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 Macon County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
June 64,1602024.9
June 54,1022004.9
June 44,0351994.9
June 33,8651955.0
June 23,7601945.2
June 13,6941945.3
May 313,6431935.3
May 303,5351945.5
May 293,4591955.6
May 283,2421925.9

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