18,931 DuPage County residents in their 60s test positive for COVID-19

As of March 10, there have been 18,931 DuPage County residents in their 60s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 340,617 residents in their 60s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.6 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 10, there have been 206,722 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,685 deaths from the coronavirus in DuPage County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.