Peoria Standard

As of August 24, there have been 253 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 8,547 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 2,190 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 38 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 %
August 24	59,471	2,190	3.7
August 23	58,815	2,165	3.7
August 22	57,982	2,142	3.7
August 21	57,439	2,095	3.6
August 20	56,452	2,050	3.6
August 19	54,953	2,015	3.7
August 18	54,278	1,966	3.6
August 17	53,458	1,917	3.6
August 16	53,009	1,890	3.6
August 15	52,494	1,866	3.6