South Central Reporter

As of August 30, there have been 43 Montgomery 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 1,475 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 30, there have been 248 confirmed COVID-19 cases and eight 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 30	9,480	248	2.6
August 29	9,303	246	2.6
August 28	9,200	246	2.7
August 27	9,114	243	2.7
August 26	9,029	234	2.6
August 25	8,895	230	2.6
August 24	8,788	223	2.5
August 23	8,746	218	2.5
August 22	8,662	214	2.5
August 21	8,550	204	2.4