As of September 26, there have been 3,704 Cook 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 80,592 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 26, there have been 63,970 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2,255 deaths from the coronavirus in Cook 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 Cook County
| Date | Total Tested | Total Positive | Positive % |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 26 | 970,610 | 63,970 | 6.6 |
| September 25 | 960,309 | 63,508 | 6.6 |
| September 24 | 949,174 | 63,085 | 6.6 |
| September 23 | 939,525 | 62,634 | 6.7 |
| September 22 | 933,804 | 62,391 | 6.7 |
| September 21 | 927,955 | 62,097 | 6.7 |
| September 20 | 922,703 | 61,847 | 6.7 |
| September 19 | 915,119 | 61,610 | 6.7 |
| September 18 | 895,734 | 61,069 | 6.8 |
| September 17 | 887,546 | 60,751 | 6.8 |
