Peoria Standard

As of August 21, there have been 11 Fulton 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 1,126 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 21, there have been 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Fulton 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 21	6,300	60	1.0
August 20	6,208	58	0.9
August 19	6,015	54	0.9
August 18	5,800	48	0.8
August 17	5,763	48	0.8
August 16	5,708	45	0.8
August 15	5,656	44	0.8
August 14	5,585	42	0.8
August 13	5,481	37	0.7
August 12	5,419	37	0.7