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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

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

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As of July 16, there have been 25 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 212 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 16, there have been 48 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 %
July 161,084484.4
July 151,062474.4
July 141,039474.5
July 131,037474.5
July 121,033474.5
July 111,029474.6
July 101,007474.7
July 9986474.8
July 8971474.8
July 7956474.9

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