East Central Reporter

As of September 3, there have been eight Edgar 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 340 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 3, there have been 92 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death 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 %
September 3	2,507	92	3.7
September 2	2,487	92	3.7
September 1	2,447	84	3.4
August 31	2,438	83	3.4
August 30	2,424	83	3.4
August 29	2,410	81	3.4
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