South Central Reporter

As of October 4, there have been 71 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 2,156 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 4, there have been 405 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 %
October 4	14,065	405	2.9
October 3	14,023	403	2.9
October 2	13,941	401	2.9
October 1	13,834	398	2.9
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