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Thursday, May 15, 2025

24 Jasper County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 15, 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 81 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 29 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 15, 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
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 15
320
45
14.1
May 14
300
45
15.0
May 13
258
45
17.4
May 12
254
46
18.1
May 11
254
46
18.1
May 10
254
46
18.1
May 9
252
46
18.3
May 8
250
46
18.4
May 7
245
46
18.8
May 6
239
46
19.2

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