Macon Reporter

As of July 31, there have been 44 Macon County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,013 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 31, there have been 434 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths from the coronavirus in Macon 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 31	15,779	434	2.8
July 30	15,495	424	2.7
July 29	15,155	406	2.7
July 28	14,536	386	2.7
July 27	14,275	377	2.6
July 26	14,071	354	2.5
July 25	13,852	325	2.3
July 24	13,432	311	2.3
July 23	12,973	297	2.3
July 22	12,599	288	2.3