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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

42 Jersey County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 30, there have been 42 Jersey 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 710 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 30, there have been 275 confirmed COVID-19 cases and six deaths from the coronavirus in Jersey 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 Jersey County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 304,2902756.4
August 294,2702756.4
August 284,2312716.4
August 273,9622646.7
August 263,9252466.3
August 253,9042396.1
August 243,8492295.9
August 233,7952235.9
August 223,7362135.7
August 213,6452065.7

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