Chambana Sun

As of July 26, there have been six Ford County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 234 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 26, there have been 37 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Ford 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 %
July 26	2,160	37	1.7
July 25	2,128	36	1.7
July 24	2,091	36	1.7
July 23	2,060	35	1.7
July 22	2,028	33	1.6
July 21	2,002	33	1.6
July 20	1,988	33	1.7
July 19	1,934	32	1.7
July 18	1,897	32	1.7
July 17	1,837	32	1.7