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As of September 30, there have been 20 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 416 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 162 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
September 30	2,385	162	6.8
September 29	2,379	160	6.7
September 28	2,369	158	6.7
September 27	2,359	154	6.5
September 26	2,345	151	6.4
September 25	2,316	150	6.5
September 24	2,287	149	6.5
September 23	2,270	147	6.5
September 22	2,257	146	6.5
September 21	2,253	140	6.2