Rockford Sun

As of August 31, there have been 132 Jackson County residents in their thirties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,210 residents in their thirties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 929 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 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 31	14,492	929	6.4
August 30	14,240	915	6.4
August 29	13,977	909	6.5
August 28	13,847	895	6.5
August 27	13,717	892	6.5
August 26	13,424	877	6.5
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