Chambana Sun

As of August 9, there have been 60 Vermilion County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,908 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 9, there have been 234 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Vermilion 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 9	14,175	234	1.7
August 8	13,902	234	1.7
August 7	13,617	229	1.7
August 6	13,488	222	1.6
August 5	13,264	218	1.6
August 4	13,115	218	1.7
August 3	12,788	215	1.7
August 2	12,587	212	1.7
August 1	12,291	200	1.6
July 31	12,010	189	1.6