South Central Reporter

As of June 17, 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 198 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 17, there have been 23 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three 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 %
June 17	1,012	23	2.3
June 16	967	22	2.3
June 15	958	22	2.3
June 14	943	22	2.3
June 13	923	22	2.4
June 12	915	22	2.4
June 11	893	22	2.5
June 10	864	22	2.5
June 9	843	21	2.5
June 8	823	21	2.6