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Sunday, April 20, 2025

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

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As of May 19, there have been 645 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 3,711 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 17 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 6,171 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 315 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 1937,6956,17116.4
May 1836,7436,07616.5
May 1735,2455,90416.8
May 1633,9615,78017.0
May 1532,4225,63417.4
May 1431,0885,45317.5
May 1329,8405,24417.6
May 1228,6165,12117.9
May 1126,2144,74518.1
May 1025,4844,60318.1

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