Chambana Sun

As of August 23, there have been 15 Vermilion County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,046 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 0.7 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 23, there have been 293 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 23	17,157	293	1.7
August 22	16,999	285	1.7
August 21	16,692	282	1.7
August 20	16,479	276	1.7
August 19	15,971	274	1.7
August 18	15,861	273	1.7
August 17	15,656	273	1.7
August 16	15,528	267	1.7
August 15	15,360	264	1.7
August 14	15,106	259	1.7