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14 Jackson County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of June 7, 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 230 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 7, there have been 301 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 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 %
June 73,4383018.8
June 63,3653008.9
June 53,3173009.0
June 43,1592969.4
June 33,0092939.7
June 22,90028910.0
June 12,84728910.2
May 312,80728610.2
May 302,64728210.7
May 292,49826810.7

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