East Central Reporter

As of August 24, there have been eight Clay 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 321 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Clay 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 24	2,196	60	2.7
August 23	2,175	59	2.7
August 22	2,141	57	2.7
August 21	2,102	52	2.5
August 20	2,085	51	2.4
August 19	2,032	47	2.3
August 18	1,920	40	2.1
August 17	1,913	38	2.0
August 16	1,884	36	1.9
August 15	1,846	32	1.7