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734 Monroe County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 28, there have been 734 Monroe County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 7,719 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 9.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 28, there have been 6,214 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 108 deaths from the coronavirus in Monroe County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Monroe County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 2867,6286,2149.2
December 2767,3706,1769.2
December 2366,6396,0869.1
December 2266,4156,0459.1
December 2166,2546,0339.1
December 2066,1616,0099.1

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