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2 DuPage County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 16

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Two DuPage County residents 80 years of age and older tested positive for COVID-19 on August 16, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In total, there have been 930 positive cases reported in DuPage County among residents 80 and older, accounting for 7.2 percent of all cases in the county. Through August 16, DuPage County has reported a total of 12,892 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, 526 of which have ended with the victim's death.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 %
2020-08-16214,18112,8926%
2020-08-15211,85612,8156%
2020-08-14208,87912,6936.1%
2020-08-13206,22412,5926.1%
2020-08-12203,48612,5116.1%
2020-08-11201,60412,4276.2%
2020-08-10198,86612,3126.2%
2020-08-09196,47212,2336.2%
2020-08-08193,61212,1556.3%
2020-08-07190,72712,0216.3%

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