No Putnam County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 3

By Illinois Valley Times

Oct 4, 2020

As of October 3 there were 15 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 %
2020-10-03	1,249	64	5.1%
2020-10-02	1,220	64	5.2%
2020-10-01	1,199	64	5.3%
2020-09-30	1,192	63	5.3%
2020-09-29	1,184	59	5%
2020-09-28	1,172	57	4.9%
2020-09-27	1,172	57	4.9%
2020-09-26	1,165	57	4.9%
2020-09-25	1,157	57	4.9%
2020-09-24	1,126	55	4.9%