East Central Reporter

As of May 23, there have been 24 Jasper 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 99 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 24 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 23, 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 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
May 16	328	46	14.0
May 15	320	45	14.1
May 14	300	45	15.0