South Central Reporter

As of April 30, there have been six Fayette County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 19 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 31 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through April 30, there have been 16 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 %
April 30	155	16	10.3
April 29	145	16	11.0
April 28	141	16	11.3
April 27	137	16	11.7
April 26	131	16	12.2
April 25	126	16	12.7
April 24	124	16	12.9
April 23	120	15	12.5
April 22	111	15	13.5
April 21	108	15	13.9