East Central Reporter

As of July 8, there have been six Effingham County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 435 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. 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