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Saturday, October 4, 2025

312 Macon County residents in their twenties test positive for COVID-19

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As of October 4, there have been 312 Macon County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 6,128 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 4, there have been 1,736 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 47 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 %
October 440,5011,7364.3
October 340,2381,7214.3
October 239,4901,6904.3
October 138,9311,6724.3
September 3038,4081,6364.3
September 2938,0851,5984.2
September 2837,5841,5604.2
September 2737,4281,5444.1
September 2637,0771,5034.1
September 2536,7101,4874.1

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