South Central Reporter

As of August 18, there have been 22 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 929 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 18, there have been 193 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 18	8,217	193	2.3
August 17	8,175	192	2.3
August 16	8,085	190	2.4
August 15	8,009	183	2.3
August 14	7,909	179	2.3
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