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9 Whiteside County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 22, there have been nine Whiteside 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 181 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 22, there have been 131 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths from the coronavirus in Whiteside 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 Whiteside County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 22
1,772
131
7.4
May 21
1,732
130
7.5
May 20
1,676
128
7.6
May 19
1,646
125
7.6
May 18
1,621
123
7.6
May 17
1,561
122
7.8
May 16
1,518
118
7.8
May 15
1,462
113
7.7
May 14
1,418
111
7.8
May 13
1,367
110
8.0

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