Sangamon Sun

As of October 4, there have been 32 Menard 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 789 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 4, there have been 133 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Menard 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 %
October 4	4,908	133	2.7
October 3	4,885	130	2.7
October 2	4,851	129	2.7
October 1	4,804	129	2.7
September 30	4,759	128	2.7
September 29	4,733	127	2.7
September 28	4,717	125	2.6
September 27	4,673	125	2.7
September 26	4,652	125	2.7
September 25	4,592	124	2.7