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2725 Cook County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 5, there have been 2,725 Cook 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 36,052 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 5, there have been 39,001 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,993 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 %
July 5372,34839,00110.5
July 4366,66238,86510.6
July 3360,40438,68510.7
July 2353,87038,54810.9
July 1347,79238,35111.0
June 30341,16938,18211.2
June 29336,07337,97211.3
June 28331,11337,80511.4
June 27327,05937,67911.5
June 26320,60837,55711.7

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