Chambana Sun

As of August 22, there have been 17 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 322 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 22, there have been 69 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths 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 %
August 22	2,996	69	2.3
August 21	2,953	68	2.3
August 20	2,925	63	2.2
August 19	2,908	62	2.1
August 18	2,885	61	2.1
August 17	2,841	60	2.1
August 16	2,753	60	2.2
August 15	2,713	57	2.1
August 14	2,688	57	2.1
August 13	2,658	52	2.0