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Saturday, October 4, 2025

No Mercer County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 4, there have been no Mercer County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Through September 4, there have been 114 confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus in Mercer 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 Mercer County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 43,6181143.2
September 33,3731063.1
September 23,3461033.1
September 13,3071033.1
August 313,2911003.0
August 303,236993.1
August 293,207983.1
August 283,152973.1
August 273,125943.0
August 263,086953.1

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