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Monday, October 6, 2025

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

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As of September 4, there have been 29 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 289 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 4, there have been 155 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 %
September 42,1301557.3
September 32,0701416.8
September 22,0311396.8
September 12,0311326.5
August 312,0161296.4
August 301,9911246.2
August 291,9651246.3
August 281,9391115.7
August 271,9031045.5
August 261,8801005.3

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