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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

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

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As of May 16, there have been 625 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 3,417 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 18 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 16, there have been 5,780 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 293 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 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
May 924,8904,49318.1
May 823,9874,37418.2
May 723,0424,21318.3

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