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1,169 Bureau County residents in their 40s test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 8, there have been 1,169 Bureau County residents in their 40s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 14,471 residents in their 40s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 8.1 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 8, there have been 8,300 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 127 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 %
March 8111,6948,3007.4
March 7111,5018,2957.4
March 4111,0648,2887.5
March 3110,7748,2837.5
March 2110,4448,2817.5
March 1110,2488,2767.5
February 28110,0798,2657.5

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