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

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As of August 18, there have been six Wabash 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 275 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 18, there have been 71 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Wabash 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 Wabash County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 181,463714.9
August 171,427704.9
August 161,239635.1
August 151,232584.7
August 141,225494.0
August 131,222443.6
August 121,212423.5
August 111,203403.3
August 101,005353.5
August 91,000353.5

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