Carbondale Reporter

As of June 17, there have been seven Williamson 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 400 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 17, there have been 89 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 17	4,038	89	2.2
June 16	3,931	87	2.2
June 15	3,854	86	2.2
June 14	3,796	83	2.2
June 13	3,633	82	2.3
June 12	3,491	80	2.3
June 11	3,405	81	2.4
June 10	3,297	81	2.5
June 9	3,243	81	2.5
June 8	3,171	77	2.4