Dupage Policy Journal

As of September 28, there have been 725 Will County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 17,746 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 28, there have been 14,045 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 378 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
September 28	214,402	14,045	6.6
September 27	212,718	13,984	6.6
September 26	210,698	13,917	6.6
September 25	208,599	13,803	6.6
September 24	206,284	13,720	6.7
September 23	204,200	13,612	6.7
September 22	202,873	13,539	6.7
September 21	201,734	13,451	6.7
September 20	200,258	13,416	6.7
September 19	198,653	13,330	6.7