No Jasper County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 5

By East Central Reporter

Aug 6, 2020

As of August 5 there were 26 Jasper County residents 80 years of age and older who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 %
2020-08-05	1,384	55	4%
2020-08-04	1,382	55	4%
2020-08-03	1,364	53	3.9%
2020-08-02	1,356	54	4%
2020-08-01	1,351	51	3.8%
2020-07-31	1,332	50	3.8%
2020-07-30	1,304	50	3.8%
2020-07-29	1,292	50	3.9%
2020-07-28	1,280	50	3.9%
2020-07-27	1,266	49	3.9%