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6 Jasper County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 23, 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 27 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 22 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Jasper County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 234034511.2
May 223954511.4
May 213664512.3
May 203504512.9
May 193374513.4
May 183364513.4
May 173334513.5
May 163284614.0
May 153204514.1
May 143004515.0

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