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2919 Cook County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of June 19, there have been 2,919 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 27,394 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 19, there have been 36,274 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,882 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
June 19286,76536,27412.6
June 18282,26336,09512.8
June 17277,64735,92912.9
June 16271,47735,76213.2
June 15267,65335,58113.3
June 14263,29835,45713.5
June 13258,61335,29613.6
June 12254,34635,14813.8
June 11249,14435,03914.1
June 10244,95934,84314.2

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