South Central Reporter

As of May 31, there have been nine 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 375 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 45 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths 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 31	2,504	45	1.8
May 30	2,462	45	1.8
May 29	2,438	45	1.8
May 28	2,385	44	1.8
May 27	2,349	43	1.8
May 26	2,310	42	1.8
May 25	2,267	41	1.8
May 24	2,256	41	1.8
May 23	2,242	41	1.8
May 22	2,049	41	2.0