South Central Reporter

As of August 31, there have been 38 Montgomery County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,240 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 252 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 31	9,531	252	2.6
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