Carbondale Reporter

As of May 31, there have been 14 Jackson 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 156 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 286 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 31	2,807	286	10.2
May 30	2,647	282	10.7
May 29	2,498	268	10.7
May 28	2,359	256	10.9
May 27	2,163	242	11.2
May 26	2,066	228	11.0
May 25	2,045	228	11.1
May 24	1,976	219	11.1
May 23	1,927	207	10.7
May 22	1,894	197	10.4