McLean County Times

As of August 19, there have been 25 McLean 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 2,052 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 19, there have been 876 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths from the coronavirus in McLean 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 19	38,873	876	2.3
August 18	37,976	834	2.2
August 17	37,227	782	2.1
August 16	36,934	773	2.1
August 15	35,786	756	2.1
August 14	34,761	730	2.1
August 13	33,732	703	2.1
August 12	32,648	686	2.1
August 11	31,969	670	2.1
August 10	31,306	655	2.1