East Central Reporter

As of August 19, there have been nine Lawrence County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 347 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 19, there have been 68 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Lawrence 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 %
August 19	2,808	68	2.4
August 18	2,718	67	2.5
August 17	2,682	65	2.4
August 16	2,644	62	2.3
August 15	2,569	58	2.3
August 14	2,549	55	2.2
August 13	2,517	52	2.1
August 12	2,504	51	2.0
August 11	2,467	51	2.1
August 10	2,414	50	2.1