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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

16 LaSalle County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 26, there have been 16 LaSalle 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 365 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 26, there have been 140 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths from the coronavirus in LaSalle 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 LaSalle County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 26
2,855
140
4.9
May 25
2,789
140
5.0
May 24
2,755
139
5.0
May 23
2,683
134
5.0
May 22
2,617
130
5.0
May 21
2,579
129
5.0
May 20
2,433
130
5.3
May 19
2,399
121
5.0
May 18
2,323
121
5.2
May 17
2,245
120
5.3

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