South Central Reporter

As of May 31, 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 172 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 35 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 31	1,190	35	2.9
May 30	1,172	35	3.0
May 29	1,156	33	2.9
May 28	1,105	33	3.0
May 27	1,045	33	3.2
May 26	1,019	33	3.2
May 25	977	33	3.4
May 24	966	33	3.4
May 23	959	33	3.4
May 22	913	32	3.5