Kane County Reporter

As of May 15, there have been 229 Kane 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 1,183 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 19 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 15, there have been 4,159 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 107 deaths from the coronavirus in Kane 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 %
May 15	17,551	4,159	23.7
May 14	16,740	3,995	23.9
May 13	15,632	3,744	24.0
May 12	14,676	3,592	24.5
May 11	12,657	3,126	24.7
May 10	12,131	3,003	24.8
May 9	11,356	2,818	24.8
May 8	10,772	2,668	24.8
May 7	10,252	2,498	24.4
May 6	9,542	2,331	24.4