As of Dec. 30, there have been 451 Jackson County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
There have been 10,101 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 4.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 30, there have been 9,483 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 101 deaths from the coronavirus in Jackson 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.
| Date | Total Tested | Total Positive | Positive % |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 30 | 165,479 | 9,483 | 5.7 |
| December 29 | 164,840 | 9,354 | 5.7 |
| December 28 | 164,319 | 9,282 | 5.6 |
| December 27 | 163,794 | 9,152 | 5.6 |
| December 23 | 162,459 | 8,988 | 5.5 |
| December 22 | 162,007 | 8,950 | 5.5 |
| December 21 | 161,551 | 8,911 | 5.5 |
