East Central Reporter

As of August 20, there have been 11 Cumberland County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 316 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 20, there have been 86 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Cumberland 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 20	2,540	86	3.4
August 19	2,513	82	3.3
August 18	2,445	75	3.1
August 17	2,411	69	2.9
August 16	2,367	66	2.8
August 15	2,347	62	2.6
August 14	2,309	61	2.6
August 13	2,267	60	2.6
August 12	2,179	57	2.6
August 11	2,144	57	2.7