As of September 5, there have been 19 Jasper County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
There have been 295 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 5, there have been 156 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven deaths from the coronavirus in Jasper 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.
Test results for the past 10 days in Jasper County
| Date | Total Tested | Total Positive | Positive % |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 5 | 2,164 | 156 | 7.2 |
| September 4 | 2,130 | 155 | 7.3 |
| September 3 | 2,070 | 141 | 6.8 |
| September 2 | 2,031 | 139 | 6.8 |
| September 1 | 2,031 | 132 | 6.5 |
| August 31 | 2,016 | 129 | 6.4 |
| August 30 | 1,991 | 124 | 6.2 |
| August 29 | 1,965 | 124 | 6.3 |
| August 28 | 1,939 | 111 | 5.7 |
| August 27 | 1,903 | 104 | 5.5 |
