South Central Reporter

As of September 19, there have been 32 Washington 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 416 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 19, there have been 189 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Washington 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 19	2,835	189	6.7
September 18	2,680	179	6.7
September 17	2,642	172	6.5
September 16	2,592	167	6.4
September 15	2,575	160	6.2
September 14	2,568	158	6.2
September 13	2,544	158	6.2
September 12	2,534	152	6.0
September 11	2,513	148	5.9
September 10	2,477	145	5.9