East Central Reporter

As of July 28, there have been six Shelby 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 403 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 28, there have been 41 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 %
July 28	2,757	41	1.5
July 27	2,726	40	1.5
July 26	2,663	38	1.4
July 25	2,613	36	1.4
July 24	2,585	34	1.3
July 23	2,535	32	1.3
July 22	2,465	31	1.3
July 21	2,429	29	1.2
July 20	2,407	29	1.2
July 19	2,377	29	1.2