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

Vaccine

As of September 30, there have been 35 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 1,061 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 1,276 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 25 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 %
September 3018,5991,2766.9
September 2918,4671,2676.9
September 2818,3531,2626.9
September 2718,3151,2616.9
September 2618,1701,2596.9
September 2518,0881,2576.9
September 2417,9501,2507.0
September 2317,7901,2487.0
September 2217,5811,2427.1
September 2117,5261,2417.1

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