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26 Cook County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19 on May 11

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26 Cook County residents 80 years of age and older tested positive for COVID-19 on May 11, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In total, there have been 1,726 positive cases reported in Cook County among residents 80 and older, accounting for 7.8 percent of all cases in the county. Through May 11, Cook County has reported a total of 22,054 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, 985 of which have ended with the victim's death.

Illinois gathers all of their 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
2020-05-11107,97322,05420.4%
2020-05-10104,91421,70520.7%
2020-05-09102,03421,28120.9%
2020-05-0898,37020,70121%
2020-05-0793,39219,90021.3%
2020-05-0689,31719,24921.6%
2020-05-0586,05618,61721.6%
2020-05-0483,26617,91021.5%
2020-05-0275,74216,61121.9%
2020-04-3070,73515,02221.2%

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