Peoria Standard

As of August 31, there have been 102 Peoria 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 5,863 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 2,406 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 40 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 31	65,225	2,406	3.7
August 30	64,431	2,382	3.7
August 29	63,346	2,325	3.7
August 28	62,448	2,301	3.7
August 27	61,548	2,271	3.7
August 26	60,798	2,255	3.7
August 25	60,053	2,220	3.7
August 24	59,471	2,190	3.7
August 23	58,815	2,165	3.7
August 22	57,982	2,142	3.7