Peoria Standard

As of September 7, there have been 304 Peoria County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 9,964 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 7, there have been 2,647 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 41 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 %
September 7	70,869	2,647	3.7
September 6	70,348	2,624	3.7
September 5	69,577	2,581	3.7
September 4	68,673	2,544	3.7
September 3	67,047	2,466	3.7
September 2	66,210	2,441	3.7
September 1	65,622	2,414	3.7
August 31	65,225	2,406	3.7
August 30	64,431	2,382	3.7
August 29	63,346	2,325	3.7