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Monday, August 4, 2025

24 Montgomery County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 27, there have been 24 Montgomery 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 988 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 27, there have been 243 confirmed COVID-19 cases and eight deaths from the coronavirus in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 279,1142432.7
August 269,0292342.6
August 258,8952302.6
August 248,7882232.5
August 238,7462182.5
August 228,6622142.5
August 218,5502042.4
August 208,4441992.4
August 198,3351962.4
August 188,2171932.3

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