Peoria Standard

As of September 2, there have been 117 Tazewell 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 6,044 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 2, there have been 1,139 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 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 %
September 2	44,061	1,139	2.6
September 1	43,635	1,109	2.5
August 31	43,432	1,089	2.5
August 30	42,975	1,068	2.5
August 29	42,310	1,045	2.5
August 28	41,988	1,040	2.5
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