South Central Reporter

As of June 12, 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 253 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 12, 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 %
June 12	1,643	35	2.1
June 11	1,604	35	2.2
June 10	1,563	35	2.2
June 9	1,526	35	2.3
June 8	1,478	35	2.4
June 7	1,425	35	2.5
June 6	1,412	35	2.5
June 5	1,378	35	2.5
June 4	1,346	35	2.6
June 3	1,303	35	2.7