East Central Reporter

As of June 1, there have been 15 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 354 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 1, there have been 127 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
June 1	2,699	127	4.7
May 31	2,638	127	4.8
May 30	2,593	126	4.9
May 29	2,527	125	4.9
May 28	2,421	123	5.1
May 27	2,326	119	5.1
May 26	2,301	115	5.0
May 25	2,270	116	5.1
May 24	2,089	115	5.5
May 23	1,983	98	4.9