East Central Reporter

As of September 22, there have been 27 Jasper County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 355 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 22, there have been 199 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
September 22	2,629	199	7.6
September 21	2,611	198	7.6
September 20	2,570	196	7.6
September 19	2,555	192	7.5
September 18	2,516	186	7.4
September 17	2,479	185	7.5
September 16	2,456	184	7.5
September 15	2,430	184	7.6
September 14	2,414	180	7.5
September 13	2,398	180	7.5