Quantcast

East Central Reporter

Friday, July 18, 2025

14 Shelby County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

Webp healthinno

As of August 6, there have been 14 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 510 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 6, there have been 68 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Shelby County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 63,453682.0
August 53,321672.0
August 43,290631.9
August 33,237601.9
August 23,192601.9
August 13,146561.8
July 313,078531.7
July 302,944521.8
July 292,857461.6
July 282,757411.5

MORE NEWS