Galesburg Reporter

As of Dec. 30, there have been 122 Henderson County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,648 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 7.4 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 30, there have been 886 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths from the coronavirus in Henderson County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
December 30	12,910	886	6.9
December 29	12,892	879	6.8
December 28	12,872	874	6.8
December 27	12,839	872	6.8
December 23	12,814	871	6.8
December 22	12,798	866	6.8
December 21	12,769	863	6.8