East Central Reporter

As of June 17, 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 158 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 17, 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 %
June 17	1,107	16	1.4
June 16	1,079	16	1.5
June 15	1,066	16	1.5
June 14	1,045	16	1.5
June 13	1,014	16	1.6
June 12	866	16	1.8
June 11	858	16	1.9
June 10	839	16	1.9
June 9	814	16	2.0
June 8	802	16	2.0