East Central Reporter

As of July 8, there have been no Effingham County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Through July 8, there have been 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Effingham 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 8	2,908	19	0.7
July 7	2,792	19	0.7
July 6	2,774	19	0.7
July 5	2,722	18	0.7
July 4	2,693	17	0.6
July 3	2,655	13	0.5
July 2	2,509	12	0.5
July 1	2,406	12	0.5
June 30	2,340	12	0.5
June 29	2,208	11	0.5