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Thursday, July 24, 2025

12 Shelby County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 20, there have been 12 Shelby 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 412 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 20, there have been 123 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Shelby 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 Shelby County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 204,2561232.9
August 194,1991192.8
August 184,1591122.7
August 174,1331092.6
August 164,0821082.6
August 154,0341012.5
August 143,966942.4
August 133,907922.4
August 123,800902.4
August 113,723862.3

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