No Effingham County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19 on July 8

By East Central Reporter

Jul 9, 2020

As of July 8 there were six Effingham County residents in their fifties who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 Effingham County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-07-08	2,908	19	0.7%
2020-07-07	2,792	19	0.7%
2020-07-06	2,774	19	0.7%
2020-07-05	2,722	18	0.7%
2020-07-04	2,693	17	0.6%
2020-07-03	2,655	13	0.5%
2020-07-01	2,406	12	0.5%
2020-06-30	2,340	12	0.5%
2020-06-29	2,208	11	0.5%
2020-06-28	2,171	11	0.5%