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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

15 Lawrence County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 7, there have been 15 Lawrence County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 312 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 7, there have been 45 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Lawrence 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Lawrence County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 72,286452.0
August 62,279441.9
August 52,237442.0
August 42,235431.9
August 32,231421.9
August 22,160421.9
August 12,056401.9
July 312,024402.0
July 301,999412.1
July 291,942392.0

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