Peoria Standard

As of August 27, there have been 78 Tazewell County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,206 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 27, there have been 1,019 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the coronavirus in Tazewell 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 27	41,241	1,019	2.5
August 26	40,647	993	2.4
August 25	39,949	971	2.4
August 24	39,624	951	2.4
August 23	39,182	929	2.4
August 22	38,583	913	2.4
August 21	38,220	875	2.3
August 20	37,655	852	2.3
August 19	36,555	806	2.2
August 18	35,948	765	2.1