McLean County Times

As of August 31, there have been 11 Livingston 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 649 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 193 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Livingston 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 31	7,656	193	2.5
August 30	7,544	189	2.5
August 29	7,436	181	2.4
August 28	7,219	180	2.5
August 27	7,145	179	2.5
August 26	7,085	172	2.4
August 25	7,012	173	2.5
August 24	6,930	170	2.5
August 23	6,795	166	2.4
August 22	6,687	165	2.5