28,144 DuPage County residents in their 50s test positive for COVID-19

As of Feb. 28, there have been 28,144 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 402,608 residents in their 50s in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Feb. 28, there have been 205,611 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,677 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.