East Central Reporter

As of September 1, there have been seven Clay County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 272 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 1, there have been 84 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Clay 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 %
September 1	2,432	84	3.5
August 31	2,423	80	3.3
August 30	2,412	78	3.2
August 29	2,302	74	3.2
August 28	2,273	72	3.2
August 27	2,242	65	2.9
August 26	2,233	62	2.8
August 25	2,214	61	2.8
August 24	2,196	60	2.7
August 23	2,175	59	2.7