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Sunday, May 25, 2025

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

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As of August 29, there have been 957 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 21,993 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 14,398 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 533 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 %
August 29248,12114,3985.8
August 28245,41614,2995.8
August 27242,88214,2005.8
August 26241,18714,1035.8
August 25239,08414,0015.9
August 24236,54213,9095.9
August 23234,37313,7785.9
August 22230,89313,6865.9
August 21227,90713,5305.9
August 20225,10313,4106.0

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