24,598 DuPage County residents in their 50s test positive for COVID-19

24,598 DuPage County residents in their 50s test positive for COVID-19
By DuPage Policy Journal

As of Jan. 14, there have been 24,598 DuPage County residents in their 50s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 362,260 residents in their 50s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.8 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 14, there have been 174,516 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,507 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in DuPage County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
January 142,809,059174,5166.2
January 132,790,311172,5716.2
January 122,774,203170,2336.1
January 112,759,413167,7646.1
January 102,742,518165,6896
January 72,703,767159,8015.9
January 62,688,541157,0945.8
January 52,673,272153,7135.7