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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

711 DuPage County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 27, there have been 711 DuPage County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,672 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 15 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 27, there have been 7,350 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 347 deaths from the coronavirus in DuPage 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 DuPage County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 27
50,640
7,350
14.5
May 26
49,557
7,290
14.7
May 25
48,287
7,207
14.9
May 24
46,825
7,060
15.1
May 23
45,411
6,891
15.2
May 22
43,861
6,744
15.4
May 21
41,211
6,471
15.7
May 20
39,622
6,308
15.9
May 19
37,695
6,171
16.4
May 18
36,743
6,076
16.5

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