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102,555 Illinois residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 29, there have been 102,555 Illinois residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,282,628 residents in their seventies in the state who had been tested, meaning that 4.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 29, there have been 2,119,162 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 27,734 deaths from the coronavirus in Illinois.

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 Illinois

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 2944,273,1812,119,1624.8
December 2844,052,3402,098,0644.8
December 2743,914,9132,077,2604.7
December 2343,209,4512,021,3024.7
December 2242,986,1702,002,3604.7
December 2142,786,7641,985,7794.6
December 2042,607,4951,975,5154.6

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