South Central Reporter

As of September 22, there have been 32 Macoupin 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 1,534 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 22, there have been 498 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven deaths from the coronavirus in Macoupin 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 %
September 22	17,633	498	2.8
September 21	17,529	496	2.8
September 20	17,462	495	2.8
September 19	17,368	486	2.8
September 18	17,061	470	2.8
September 17	16,713	461	2.8
September 16	16,558	450	2.7
September 15	16,261	440	2.7
September 14	16,226	435	2.7
September 13	16,154	432	2.7