Quincy Reporter

As of August 12, there have been 22 Adams County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,946 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 0.7 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 12, there have been 580 confirmed COVID-19 cases and six deaths from the coronavirus in Adams 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 12	20,143	580	2.9
August 11	20,019	557	2.8
August 10	19,886	542	2.7
August 9	19,664	519	2.6
August 8	19,488	517	2.7
August 7	19,040	506	2.7
August 6	18,616	486	2.6
August 5	18,130	461	2.5
August 4	17,986	454	2.5
August 3	17,810	445	2.5