East Central Reporter

As of August 21, there have been six Lawrence County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 323 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 21, there have been 75 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 21	3,081	75	2.4
August 20	3,024	74	2.4
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