South Central Reporter

As of June 30, there have been six Fayette County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 185 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 30, 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 30	1,589	23	1.4
June 29	1,553	23	1.5
June 28	1,525	23	1.5
June 27	1,502	23	1.5
June 26	1,491	23	1.5
June 25	1,469	23	1.6
June 24	1,369	23	1.7
June 23	1,264	23	1.8
June 22	1,238	23	1.9
June 21	1,219	23	1.9