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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

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

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As of August 6, there have been seven 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 168 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 6, there have been 55 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 %
August 61,406553.9
August 51,384554.0
August 41,382554.0
August 31,364533.9
August 21,356544.0
August 11,351513.8
July 311,332503.8
July 301,304503.8
July 291,292503.9
July 281,280503.9

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