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96 Coles County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 15, there have been 96 Coles 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 1,548 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 15, there have been 602 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths from the coronavirus in Coles 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 Coles County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1514,4906024.2
August 1414,0945644.0
August 1313,5275464.0
August 1213,2675203.9
August 1112,9434923.8
August 1012,6854873.8
August 912,5924723.7
August 812,4524743.8
August 712,2594483.7
August 612,1084333.6

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