Carbondale Reporter

As of June 9, there have been eight Williamson 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 492 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 9, there have been 81 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths 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 %
June 9	3,243	81	2.5
June 8	3,171	77	2.4
June 7	3,093	76	2.5
June 6	2,921	76	2.6
June 5	2,735	75	2.7
June 4	2,656	74	2.8
June 3	2,547	71	2.8
June 2	2,480	68	2.7
June 1	2,422	67	2.8
May 31	2,372	67	2.8