Chambana Sun

As of July 9, there have been six Ford 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 165 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 9, there have been 42 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Ford 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 9	1,568	42	2.7
July 8	1,547	41	2.7
July 7	1,524	40	2.6
July 6	1,463	40	2.7
July 5	1,421	38	2.7
July 4	1,385	37	2.7
July 3	1,355	37	2.7
July 2	1,331	34	2.6
July 1	1,301	33	2.5
June 30	1,274	31	2.4