9,585 Will County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

9,585 Will County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19
By DuPage Policy Journal

As of Dec. 21, there have been 9,585 Will 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 180,370 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.3 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 21, there have been 109,613 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,214 deaths from the coronavirus in Will 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 Will County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 211,825,197109,6136
December 201,818,242109,0736
December 171,797,945107,3026
December 161,786,364106,6056
December 151,776,962105,9646
December 141,770,618105,3926
December 131,764,563104,9865.9