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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

12 Jasper County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 12 Jasper County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 300 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 129 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 312,0161296.4
August 301,9911246.2
August 291,9651246.3
August 281,9391115.7
August 271,9031045.5
August 261,8801005.3
August 251,856914.9
August 241,836894.8
August 231,811894.9
August 221,789874.9

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