Chambana Sun

As of August 12, there have been 27 Vermilion County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,435 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 12, there have been 249 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 12	14,752	249	1.7
August 11	14,526	234	1.6
August 10	14,329	236	1.6
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