Rockford Sun

As of May 31, there have been 73 Boone 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 509 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 452 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths from the coronavirus in Boone 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	2,992	452	15.1
May 30	2,910	441	15.2
May 29	2,823	428	15.2
May 28	2,714	424	15.6
May 27	2,635	410	15.6
May 26	2,560	407	15.9
May 25	2,456	397	16.2
May 24	2,402	393	16.4
May 23	2,318	389	16.8
May 22	2,185	368	16.8