McHenry Times

As of August 4, there have been 196 McHenry County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,197 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 4, there have been 2,991 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 114 deaths from the coronavirus in McHenry 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 4	42,110	2,991	7.1
August 3	41,253	2,961	7.2
August 2	40,880	2,941	7.2
August 1	40,204	2,909	7.2
July 31	39,676	2,866	7.2
July 30	38,934	2,824	7.3
July 29	38,366	2,783	7.3
July 28	37,843	2,743	7.2
July 27	37,459	2,705	7.2
July 26	37,045	2,694	7.3