Peoria Standard

As of August 28, there have been six Mason County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 504 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 77 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death 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 28	3,228	77	2.4
August 27	3,187	76	2.4
August 26	3,156	73	2.3
August 25	3,117	73	2.3
August 24	3,070	72	2.3
August 23	3,043	72	2.4
August 22	3,004	67	2.2
August 21	2,963	67	2.3
August 20	2,934	66	2.2
August 19	2,882	65	2.3