McLean County Times

As of August 23, there have been 46 McLean County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,048 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 23, there have been 1,082 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 23	41,748	1,082	2.6
August 22	40,768	1,004	2.5
August 21	40,332	936	2.3
August 20	39,799	896	2.3
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