Peoria Standard

As of August 20, there have been 26 Woodford County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,019 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 20, there have been 214 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Woodford 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 20	7,411	214	2.9
August 19	7,222	205	2.8
August 18	7,114	200	2.8
August 17	6,996	188	2.7
August 16	6,946	186	2.7
August 15	6,870	184	2.7
August 14	6,789	171	2.5
August 13	6,661	172	2.6
August 12	6,528	170	2.6
August 11	6,389	158	2.5