Galesburg Reporter

As of June 16, there have been 25 Knox County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 429 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 16, there have been 113 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Knox 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 16	2,478	113	4.6
June 15	2,473	113	4.6
June 14	2,425	113	4.7
June 13	2,374	111	4.7
June 12	2,344	111	4.7
June 11	2,323	107	4.6
June 10	2,289	106	4.6
June 9	2,236	105	4.7
June 8	2,215	105	4.7
June 7	2,190	104	4.7