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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

207 McHenry County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 17, there have been 207 McHenry 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 3,920 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 17, there have been 3,417 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 115 deaths from the coronavirus in McHenry 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 McHenry County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1750,5553,4176.8
August 1649,9483,3896.8
August 1549,4213,3646.8
August 1448,9163,3356.8
August 1348,3433,3086.8
August 1247,6313,2796.9
August 1147,0353,2506.9
August 1046,3673,2186.9
August 945,7243,1897.0
August 845,1623,1637.0

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