East Central Reporter

As of May 31, 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 100 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
May 31	620	16	2.6
May 30	611	16	2.6
May 29	601	16	2.7
May 28	575	16	2.8
May 27	560	16	2.9
May 26	552	16	2.9
May 25	540	16	3.0
May 24	528	16	3.0
May 23	521	16	3.1
May 22	501	15	3.0