South Central Reporter

As of July 6, there have been 17 Marion County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 352 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 6, there have been 70 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 %
July 6	3,229	70	2.2
July 5	3,195	69	2.2
July 4	3,178	69	2.2
July 3	3,149	68	2.2
July 2	3,132	66	2.1
July 1	3,105	66	2.1
June 30	2,997	65	2.2
June 29	2,967	65	2.2
June 28	2,843	65	2.3
June 27	2,829	65	2.3