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As of July 1, there have been no Edwards 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 1, there have been two confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Edwards 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 1	251	2	0.8
June 30	246	2	0.8
June 29	244	2	0.8
June 28	243	2	0.8
June 27	238	2	0.8
June 26	236	2	0.8
June 25	233	2	0.9
June 24	222	2	0.9
June 23	210	2	1.0
June 22	208	2	1.0