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6 Gallatin County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been six Gallatin 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 28 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 21 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 63 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 315826310.8
August 305766210.8
August 295686210.9
August 285576211.1
August 275506211.3
August 265486211.3
August 255416011.1
August 245396011.1
August 235366011.2
August 225306011.3

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