Sangamon Sun

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

There have been 1,399 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 263 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Logan 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	10,281	263	2.6
August 30	10,222	260	2.5
August 29	10,129	259	2.6
August 28	9,971	249	2.5
August 27	9,670	247	2.6
August 26	9,598	245	2.6
August 25	9,455	237	2.5
August 24	9,349	228	2.4
August 23	9,305	228	2.5
August 22	9,214	223	2.4