No Putnam County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 31

By Illinois Valley Times

Sep 1, 2020

As of August 31 there were seven Putnam County residents in their fifties who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 Putnam County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-08-31	763	20	2.6%
2020-08-30	751	19	2.5%
2020-08-29	747	17	2.3%
2020-08-28	740	16	2.2%
2020-08-27	709	15	2.1%
2020-08-26	694	14	2%
2020-08-25	685	13	1.9%
2020-08-24	681	13	1.9%
2020-08-23	671	13	1.9%
2020-08-22	659	13	2%