South Central Reporter

As of May 19, there have been six Fayette 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 67 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Fayette 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 19	336	19	5.7
May 18	320	19	5.9
May 17	292	19	6.5
May 16	284	19	6.7
May 15	270	19	7.0
May 14	252	17	6.7
May 13	238	17	7.1
May 12	228	17	7.5
May 11	220	17	7.7
May 10	215	17	7.9