West Central Reporter

As of June 9, there have been nine 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 362 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 9, there have been 55 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 %
June 9	1,889	55	2.9
June 8	1,812	47	2.6
June 7	1,760	47	2.7
June 6	1,704	46	2.7
June 5	1,659	42	2.5
June 4	1,604	42	2.6
June 3	1,552	39	2.5
June 2	1,494	38	2.5
June 1	1,460	36	2.5
May 31	1,437	36	2.5