Quantcast

East Central Reporter

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

7 Coles County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

Webp surgery

As of May 15, there have been seven Coles 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 156 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 15, there have been 67 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Coles 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 Coles County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 15
1,210
67
5.5
May 14
844
62
7.3
May 13
722
62
8.6
May 12
542
58
10.7
May 11
511
41
8.0
May 10
465
24
5.2
May 9
454
23
5.1
May 8
441
22
5.0
May 7
425
22
5.2
May 6
415
22
5.3

MORE NEWS