Chambana Sun

As of August 31, there have been 42 Vermilion County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,705 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 341 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 31	19,007	341	1.8
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