Man in his 40s, woman in her 80s are 19th, 20th Jasper County COVID-19 deaths

A man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s are the 19th and 20th Jasper County deaths due to COVID-19, according to a news release issued Friday night by the Jasper County Health Department.

Both had been hospitalized prior to their deaths.

The department has reported five deaths this week.

Forty-seven new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the 48-hour period between Wednesday and Friday, according to statistics posted on the Health Department Facebook page Friday night.

The number of people who are hospitalized increased from 13 to 16 and the number of people under isolation went from 158 to 168.