West Central Reporter

As of August 21, there have been 17 Hancock 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 580 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 21, there have been 111 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Hancock 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 21	3,822	111	2.9
August 20	3,770	106	2.8
August 19	3,678	102	2.8
August 18	3,657	102	2.8
August 17	3,541	95	2.7
August 16	3,483	92	2.6
August 15	3,462	85	2.5
August 14	3,408	76	2.2
August 13	3,366	72	2.1
August 12	3,323	68	2.0