Peoria Standard

As of July 23, there have been 87 Peoria 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 5,045 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 23, there have been 915 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths from the coronavirus in Peoria 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 %
July 23	32,883	915	2.8
July 22	32,311	878	2.7
July 21	31,426	852	2.7
July 20	31,252	838	2.7
July 19	30,682	824	2.7
July 18	29,957	813	2.7
July 17	28,852	794	2.8
July 16	27,768	756	2.7
July 15	26,674	736	2.8
July 14	25,920	710	2.7