Illinois Valley Times

As of May 31, there have been 16 LaSalle 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 403 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 153 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths from the coronavirus in LaSalle 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 %
May 31	3,314	153	4.6
May 30	3,207	150	4.7
May 29	3,157	147	4.7
May 28	2,978	141	4.7
May 27	2,908	140	4.8
May 26	2,855	140	4.9
May 25	2,789	140	5.0
May 24	2,755	139	5.0
May 23	2,683	134	5.0
May 22	2,617	130	5.0