Rockford Sun

As of August 25, there have been 25 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 890 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 25, there have been 862 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 20 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
August 25	13,297	862	6.5
August 24	13,219	851	6.4
August 23	13,020	835	6.4
August 22	12,865	828	6.4
August 21	12,814	824	6.4
August 20	12,704	814	6.4
August 19	12,615	807	6.4
August 18	12,329	796	6.5
August 17	12,273	778	6.3
August 16	12,141	772	6.4