Peoria Standard

As of March 7, there have been 378 Marshall County residents in their 30s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,782 residents in their 30s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 7, there have been 2,737 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths from the coronavirus in Marshall County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
March 7	44,553	2,737	6.1
March 4	44,290	2,734	6.2
March 3	44,235	2,732	6.2
March 2	44,095	2,728	6.2
March 1	44,030	2,726	6.2
February 28	44,005	2,724	6.2