East Central Reporter

As of August 28, there have been eight Edgar 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 306 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 79 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Edgar 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 28	2,394	79	3.3
August 27	2,383	77	3.2
August 26	2,362	75	3.2
August 25	2,281	60	2.6
August 24	2,273	61	2.7
August 23	2,262	57	2.5
August 22	2,242	57	2.5
August 21	2,185	54	2.5
August 20	2,157	49	2.3
August 19	2,131	51	2.4