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962 Stephenson County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 29, there have been 962 Stephenson 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 13,797 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 29, there have been 8,240 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 124 deaths from the coronavirus in Stephenson 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 Stephenson County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 29117,9468,2407
December 28117,7698,2187
December 27117,2318,1917
December 23115,6608,1117
December 22115,2368,0747
December 21114,6838,0437
December 20113,7058,0237.1

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