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632 Bureau County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 28, there have been 632 Bureau 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 10,114 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.2 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 28, there have been 5,623 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 107 deaths from the coronavirus in Bureau 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 Bureau County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 2889,8205,6236.3
December 2789,3255,5896.3
December 2388,3855,4956.2
December 2288,0555,4506.2
December 2187,7295,4196.2
December 2087,2665,3926.2

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