East Central Reporter

As of March 1, there have been 348 Jasper County residents in their 40s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,023 residents in their 40s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 8.7 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 1, there have been 2,667 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths from the coronavirus in Jasper County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
March 1	28,363	2,667	9.4
February 28	28,349	2,666	9.4
February 25	28,282	2,665	9.4
February 24	28,225	2,663	9.4
February 23	28,171	2,661	9.4
February 22	28,079	2,660	9.5