East Central Reporter

As of May 26, there have been six Jasper 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 34 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 17 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 26, there have been 45 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
May 26	435	45	10.3
May 25	433	45	10.4
May 24	427	45	10.5
May 23	403	45	11.2
May 22	395	45	11.4
May 21	366	45	12.3
May 20	350	45	12.9
May 19	337	45	13.4
May 18	336	45	13.4
May 17	333	45	13.5