Chambana Sun

As of August 30, there have been 73 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 2,536 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 30, there have been 329 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 30	18,732	329	1.8
August 29	18,481	327	1.8
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