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31,809 City of Chicago residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 27, there have been 31,809 City of Chicago 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 781,334 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 4.1 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 27, there have been 401,586 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,202 deaths from the coronavirus in City of Chicago.

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 City of Chicago

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 278,494,174401,5864.7
December 238,360,838385,2304.6
December 228,316,542380,0144.6
December 218,272,719375,3734.5
December 208,224,119373,0114.5

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