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624 Whiteside County residents of 80 years and older test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 10, there have been 624 Whiteside County residents of 80 years and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 13,229 residents of 80 years and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 4.7 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 10, there have been 15,246 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 224 deaths from the coronavirus in Whiteside 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 Whiteside County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 10185,04315,2468.2
March 9184,69215,2448.3
March 8184,36115,2408.3
March 7184,18615,2318.3
March 4183,51315,2218.3
March 3183,07015,2148.3
March 2182,67715,2098.3
March 1182,15315,1818.3

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