Carbondale Reporter

As of May 23, there have been 54 Jackson County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 389 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 13 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 23, there have been 207 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
May 23	1,927	207	10.7
May 22	1,894	197	10.4
May 21	1,832	192	10.5
May 20	1,768	187	10.6
May 19	1,701	186	10.9
May 18	1,667	181	10.9
May 17	1,637	181	11.1
May 16	1,603	181	11.3
May 15	1,512	177	11.7
May 14	1,428	175	12.3