South Central Reporter

As of July 25, there have been 19 Montgomery County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 765 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 25, there have been 125 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Montgomery 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 %
July 25	5,674	125	2.2
July 24	5,502	118	2.1
July 23	5,337	115	2.2
July 22	5,128	112	2.2
July 21	4,949	107	2.2
July 20	4,896	106	2.2
July 19	4,824	106	2.2
July 18	4,725	104	2.2
July 17	4,620	103	2.2
July 16	4,504	97	2.2