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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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

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As of August 19, 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 267 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 19, there have been 73 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 191,700734.3
August 181,680734.3
August 171,675724.3
August 161,583664.2
August 151,549644.1
August 141,530614.0
August 131,513614.0
August 121,487594.0
August 111,469604.1
August 101,454594.1

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