West Central Reporter

As of May 31, there have been 17 Cass County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 190 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Cass 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 %
May 31	949	73	7.7
May 30	932	73	7.8
May 29	921	71	7.7
May 28	909	69	7.6
May 27	893	68	7.6
May 26	887	67	7.6
May 25	873	67	7.7
May 24	870	67	7.7
May 23	862	67	7.8
May 22	847	67	7.9