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Thursday, May 15, 2025

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

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As of July 20, there have been 17 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 605 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 20, there have been 420 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 19 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 %
July 207,5664205.6
July 197,3734005.4
July 187,2403895.4
July 176,9803815.5
July 166,8903735.4
July 156,6833665.5
July 146,5323595.5
July 136,4513575.5
July 126,4093565.6
July 116,3313515.5

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