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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

28 Jackson County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 25, there have been 28 Jackson 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 275 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 25, there have been 228 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths from the coronavirus in Jackson 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 Jackson County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 252,04522811.1
May 241,97621911.1
May 231,92720710.7
May 221,89419710.4
May 211,83219210.5
May 201,76818710.6
May 191,70118610.9
May 181,66718110.9
May 171,63718111.1
May 161,60318111.3

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