South Central Reporter

As of June 30, there have been eight 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 396 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 30, there have been 43 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 30	2,470	43	1.7
June 29	2,441	43	1.8
June 28	2,392	43	1.8
June 27	2,382	43	1.8
June 26	2,355	42	1.8
June 25	2,295	42	1.8
June 24	2,250	42	1.9
June 23	2,169	42	1.9
June 22	2,143	42	2.0
June 21	2,114	42	2.0