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160 Mercer County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 30, there have been 160 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.

There have been 2,940 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.4 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 30, there have been 2,776 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 38 deaths from the coronavirus in Mercer County.

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 Mercer County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 3037,2002,7767.5
December 2937,0392,7437.4
December 2836,8722,7267.4
December 2736,6152,6877.3
December 2336,3802,6677.3
December 2236,2082,6507.3
December 2136,0582,6237.3

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