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Thursday, August 21, 2025

6,253 DuPage County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 30, there have been 6,253 DuPage 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 165,033 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 3.8 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 30, there have been 142,738 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,445 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in DuPage County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 302,610,986142,7385.5
December 292,597,821140,4475.4
December 282,587,135138,8545.4
December 272,578,061137,1745.3
December 232,535,502132,4405.2
December 222,520,661130,9195.2
December 212,508,321129,5275.2

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