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Saturday, August 2, 2025

50 Macon County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 2, there have been 50 Macon 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 2,522 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 2, there have been 473 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 23 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 %
August 216,3484732.9
August 116,0374502.8
July 3115,7794342.8
July 3015,4954242.7
July 2915,1554062.7
July 2814,5363862.7
July 2714,2753772.6
July 2614,0713542.5
July 2513,8523252.3
July 2413,4323112.3

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