East Central Reporter

As of July 31, there have been 24 Cumberland 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 296 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 31, there have been 46 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Cumberland 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
July 31	1,843	46	2.5
July 30	1,813	43	2.4
July 29	1,713	39	2.3
July 28	1,703	39	2.3
July 27	1,691	39	2.3
July 26	1,658	39	2.4
July 25	1,647	39	2.4
July 24	1,620	40	2.5
July 23	1,594	37	2.3
July 22	1,511	36	2.4