Carbondale Reporter

As of May 30, there have been nine Williamson County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 349 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 30, there have been 66 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Williamson 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 %
May 30	2,272	66	2.9
May 29	2,225	64	2.9
May 28	2,135	60	2.8
May 27	2,049	57	2.8
May 26	1,998	54	2.7
May 25	1,956	55	2.8
May 24	1,926	55	2.9
May 23	1,887	54	2.9
May 22	1,851	54	2.9
May 21	1,803	55	3.1