South Central Reporter

As of July 23, there have been eight 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 377 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 23, there have been 40 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 %
July 23	2,182	40	1.8
July 22	2,129	39	1.8
July 21	2,119	39	1.8
July 20	2,103	38	1.8
July 19	2,082	35	1.7
July 18	2,065	34	1.6
July 17	2,036	32	1.6
July 16	2,018	30	1.5
July 15	1,969	28	1.4
July 14	1,946	26	1.3