As of September 8, there have been 19 Bureau 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 642 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 8, there have been 453 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the coronavirus in Bureau 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.
Test results for the past 10 days in Bureau County
| Date | Total Tested | Total Positive | Positive % |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 8 | 6,871 | 453 | 6.6 |
| September 7 | 6,760 | 453 | 6.7 |
| September 6 | 6,678 | 447 | 6.7 |
| September 5 | 6,495 | 435 | 6.7 |
| September 4 | 6,439 | 429 | 6.7 |
| September 3 | 6,036 | 407 | 6.7 |
| September 2 | 5,893 | 393 | 6.7 |
| September 1 | 5,877 | 378 | 6.4 |
| August 31 | 5,845 | 370 | 6.3 |
| August 30 | 5,776 | 360 | 6.2 |
