No Shelby County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 12

By East Central Reporter

Aug 13, 2020

As of August 12 there were eight Shelby County residents in their seventies who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-08-12	3,800	90	2.4%
2020-08-11	3,723	86	2.3%
2020-08-10	3,668	80	2.2%
2020-08-09	3,638	79	2.2%
2020-08-08	3,598	79	2.2%
2020-08-07	3,501	75	2.1%
2020-08-06	3,453	68	2%
2020-08-05	3,321	67	2%
2020-08-04	3,290	63	1.9%
2020-08-03	3,237	60	1.9%