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12,410 City of Chicago residents of 80 years and older test positive for COVID-19

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As of Jan. 25, there have been 12,410 City of Chicago residents of 80 years and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 275,720 residents of 80 years and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 4.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 25, there have been 537,070 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6,815 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 %
January 259,645,087537,0705.6
January 249,629,877536,0865.6
January 219,512,050526,9275.5
January 209,449,858518,5045.5
January 199,395,004514,9385.5
January 189,363,787512,1805.5

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