South Central Reporter

As of May 24, there have been seven Christian 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 149 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 24, there have been 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Christian 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 24	966	33	3.4
May 23	959	33	3.4
May 22	913	32	3.5
May 21	905	32	3.5
May 20	799	32	4.0
May 19	712	32	4.5
May 18	696	32	4.6
May 17	664	31	4.7
May 16	648	30	4.6
May 15	607	30	4.9