Macon Reporter

As of August 22, there have been 20 Moultrie County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 434 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 22, there have been 131 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Moultrie 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 22	2,893	131	4.5
August 21	2,859	128	4.5
August 20	2,819	124	4.4
August 19	2,771	123	4.4
August 18	2,621	115	4.4
August 17	2,593	113	4.4
August 16	2,554	111	4.3
August 15	2,518	105	4.2
August 14	2,480	103	4.2
August 13	2,440	100	4.1