Dupage Policy Journal

As of Dec. 27, there have been 13,093 DuPage County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 280,714 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 4.7 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 27, there have been 137,174 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,441 deaths from the coronavirus in DuPage County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
December 27	2,578,061	137,174	5.3
December 23	2,535,502	132,440	5.2
December 22	2,520,661	130,919	5.2
December 21	2,508,321	129,527	5.2
December 20	2,493,379	128,733	5.2