Chambana Sun

As of August 28, there have been 20 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 2,155 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 0.9 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 320 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three 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 28	18,254	320	1.8
August 27	18,115	312	1.7
August 26	17,768	306	1.7
August 25	17,523	302	1.7
August 24	17,349	298	1.7
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