No Edgar County residents in their forties test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 16

By East Central Reporter

Aug 17, 2020

As of August 16 there were six Edgar County residents in their forties who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 Edgar County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-08-16	2,020	35	1.7%
2020-08-15	2,005	34	1.7%
2020-08-14	1,999	34	1.7%
2020-08-13	1,974	30	1.5%
2020-08-12	1,935	29	1.5%
2020-08-11	1,925	29	1.5%
2020-08-10	1,915	29	1.5%
2020-08-09	1,899	28	1.5%
2020-08-08	1,887	29	1.5%
2020-08-07	1,863	28	1.5%