West Central Reporter

As of June 30, there have been eight McDonough County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 346 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 30, there have been 100 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths from the coronavirus in McDonough 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 30	2,316	100	4.3
June 29	2,277	100	4.4
June 28	2,206	100	4.5
June 27	2,182	100	4.6
June 26	2,147	100	4.7
June 25	2,133	101	4.7
June 24	2,104	101	4.8
June 23	2,070	101	4.9
June 22	2,031	101	5.0
June 21	2,013	101	5.0