Peoria Standard

As of August 4, there have been 11 Mason 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 344 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 4, there have been 43 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Mason 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 4	2,298	43	1.9
August 3	2,270	42	1.9
August 2	2,251	42	1.9
August 1	2,213	42	1.9
July 31	2,188	42	1.9
July 30	2,147	42	2.0
July 29	2,098	41	2.0
July 28	2,075	40	1.9
July 27	2,050	40	2.0
July 26	2,036	40	2.0