No Edgar County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 28

By East Central Reporter

Aug 29, 2020

As of August 28 there were eight Edgar County residents in their seventies 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 Edgar County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-08-28	2,394	79	3.3%
2020-08-27	2,383	77	3.2%
2020-08-26	2,362	75	3.2%
2020-08-25	2,281	60	2.6%
2020-08-24	2,273	61	2.7%
2020-08-23	2,262	57	2.5%
2020-08-22	2,242	57	2.5%
2020-08-21	2,185	54	2.5%
2020-08-20	2,157	49	2.3%
2020-08-19	2,131	51	2.4%