East Central Reporter

As of August 31, there have been 21 Lawrence 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 435 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 137 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 31	3,611	137	3.8
August 30	3,572	135	3.8
August 29	3,440	111	3.2
August 28	3,364	96	2.9
August 27	3,343	93	2.8
August 26	3,302	89	2.7
August 25	3,289	89	2.7
August 24	3,231	87	2.7
August 23	3,156	81	2.6
August 22	3,109	80	2.6