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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

423 Jersey County residents in their 70s test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 14, there have been 423 Jersey County residents in their 70s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,456 residents in their 70s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 9.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 14, there have been 6,178 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 69 deaths from the coronavirus in Jersey County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Jersey County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 1471,8406,1788.6
March 1171,6786,1758.6
March 1071,5996,1748.6
March 971,5216,1738.6
March 871,4236,1708.6
March 771,3536,1708.6

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