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

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As of July 29, there have been 18 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 686 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 29, there have been 572 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 299,0785726.3
July 288,9655566.2
July 278,8995446.1
July 268,7875306.0
July 258,3794875.8
July 248,0384635.8
July 237,8614505.7
July 227,7164345.6
July 217,6184205.5
July 207,5664205.6

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