Kane County Reporter

As of August 21, there have been 1,603 Kane County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 19,340 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 21, there have been 10,620 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 306 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 %
August 21	123,258	10,620	8.6
August 20	121,728	10,516	8.6
August 19	120,249	10,466	8.7
August 18	118,597	10,384	8.8
August 17	117,346	10,314	8.8
August 16	115,359	10,184	8.8
August 15	114,342	10,157	8.9
August 14	113,043	10,100	8.9
August 13	111,639	10,027	9.0
August 12	109,853	9,948	9.1