East Central Reporter

As of June 5, there have been 17 Coles 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 368 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 5, there have been 138 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 17 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 5	2,924	138	4.7
June 4	2,880	129	4.5
June 3	2,812	128	4.6
June 2	2,715	127	4.7
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