No Clay County residents in their forties test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 18

By East Central Reporter

Aug 19, 2020

As of August 18 there were seven Clay 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 Clay County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-08-18	1,920	40	2.1%
2020-08-17	1,913	38	2%
2020-08-16	1,884	36	1.9%
2020-08-15	1,846	32	1.7%
2020-08-14	1,818	32	1.8%
2020-08-13	1,809	31	1.7%
2020-08-12	1,776	27	1.5%
2020-08-11	1,745	26	1.5%
2020-08-10	1,735	23	1.3%
2020-08-09	1,723	23	1.3%