East Central Reporter

As of June 27, 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 88 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 27, there have been 46 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 %
June 27	790	46	5.8
June 26	787	46	5.8
June 25	779	46	5.9
June 24	735	46	6.3
June 23	704	46	6.5
June 22	703	46	6.5
June 21	685	46	6.7
June 20	678	46	6.8
June 19	665	46	6.9
June 18	641	46	7.2