Galesburg Reporter

As of July 13, there have been no Effingham County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Through July 13, there have been 32 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Effingham 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 13	3,210	32	1.0
July 12	3,184	31	1.0
July 11	3,113	30	1.0
July 10	3,033	27	0.9
July 9	2,970	20	0.7
July 8	2,908	19	0.7
July 7	2,792	19	0.7
July 6	2,774	19	0.7
July 5	2,722	18	0.7
July 4	2,693	17	0.6