Quincy Reporter

As of July 31, there have been 28 Adams 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 1,732 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 31, there have been 393 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Adams 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	16,558	393	2.4
July 30	16,190	363	2.2
July 29	15,773	351	2.2
July 28	15,638	355	2.3
July 27	15,519	352	2.3
July 26	15,365	336	2.2
July 25	14,937	324	2.2
July 24	14,596	316	2.2
July 23	14,224	302	2.1
July 22	13,921	286	2.1