South Central Reporter

As of June 29, there have been 12 Marion County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 478 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 29, there have been 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Marion 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 29	2,967	65	2.2
June 28	2,843	65	2.3
June 27	2,829	65	2.3
June 26	2,760	65	2.4
June 25	2,751	65	2.4
June 24	2,599	63	2.4
June 23	2,564	62	2.4
June 22	2,535	60	2.4
June 21	2,524	60	2.4
June 20	2,472	57	2.3