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Friday, July 18, 2025

438 Will County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 7, there have been 438 Will 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 8,176 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 7, there have been 9,053 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 344 deaths from the coronavirus in Will 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 Will County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 7126,1749,0537.2
August 6123,8748,9327.2
August 5122,4858,8217.2
August 4120,6408,7297.2
August 3118,9958,6507.3
August 2118,1368,5927.3
August 1116,5658,5027.3
July 31115,2808,4437.3
July 30113,4118,3527.4
July 29112,0848,2607.4

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