East Central Reporter

As of July 9, there have been 22 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 781 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 9, there have been 188 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 %
July 9	6,848	188	2.7
July 8	6,718	184	2.7
July 7	6,583	179	2.7
July 6	6,562	178	2.7
July 5	6,332	172	2.7
July 4	6,311	172	2.7
July 3	6,256	173	2.8
July 2	5,940	170	2.9
July 1	5,871	170	2.9
June 30	5,742	164	2.9