South Central Reporter

As of May 24, there have been eight Macoupin 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 325 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 24, there have been 41 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Macoupin 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	2,256	41	1.8
May 23	2,242	41	1.8
May 22	2,049	41	2.0
May 21	2,023	40	2.0
May 20	1,788	41	2.3
May 19	1,626	42	2.6
May 18	1,598	41	2.6
May 17	1,551	41	2.6
May 16	1,519	41	2.7
May 15	1,281	41	3.2