Peoria Standard

As of September 16, there have been seven Marshall 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 482 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 16, there have been 80 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Marshall 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 16	3,044	80	2.6
September 15	2,994	76	2.5
September 14	2,943	74	2.5
September 13	2,909	71	2.4
September 12	2,863	67	2.3
September 11	2,815	63	2.2
September 10	2,749	63	2.3
September 9	2,721	60	2.2
September 8	2,701	59	2.2
September 7	2,664	57	2.1