South Central Reporter

As of August 13, there have been 22 Montgomery 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 1,361 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 13, there have been 175 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven 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 %
August 13	7,832	175	2.2
August 12	7,752	174	2.2
August 11	7,666	171	2.2
August 10	7,574	169	2.2
August 9	7,538	170	2.3
August 8	7,377	165	2.2
August 7	7,239	161	2.2
August 6	7,159	161	2.2
August 5	7,039	153	2.2
August 4	6,936	147	2.1