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50 Jackson County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 23, there have been 50 Jackson County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 963 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 23, there have been 450 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 237,8614505.7
July 227,7164345.6
July 217,6184205.5
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

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