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6 Shelby County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 24, there have been six Shelby County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 77 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 24, there have been 16 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Shelby 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Shelby County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 24528163.0
May 23521163.1
May 22501153.0
May 21493153.0
May 20481153.1
May 19397153.8
May 18385133.4
May 17363133.6
May 16218136.0
May 15202125.9

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