West Central Reporter

As of May 31, there have been six Morgan 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 283 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 36 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Morgan 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	1,437	36	2.5
May 30	1,416	36	2.5
May 29	1,395	35	2.5
May 28	1,372	34	2.5
May 27	1,307	34	2.6
May 26	1,244	34	2.7
May 25	1,188	34	2.9
May 24	1,138	34	3.0
May 23	1,125	34	3.0
May 22	1,093	34	3.1