South Central Reporter

As of September 30, there have been 28 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 1,522 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 389 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 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 30	13,723	389	2.8
September 29	13,540	382	2.8
September 28	13,475	376	2.8
September 27	13,402	372	2.8
September 26	13,362	371	2.8
September 25	13,239	362	2.7
September 24	13,114	348	2.7
September 23	12,982	339	2.6
September 22	12,709	331	2.6
September 21	12,671	326	2.6