South Central Reporter

As of September 9, there have been 26 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 1,208 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 9, there have been 274 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 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 %
September 9	10,904	274	2.5
September 8	10,756	270	2.5
September 7	10,708	268	2.5
September 6	10,606	266	2.5
September 5	10,374	266	2.6
September 4	10,131	263	2.6
September 3	9,648	258	2.7
September 2	9,597	254	2.6
September 1	9,573	251	2.6
August 31	9,531	252	2.6