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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

43 Shelby County residents in their twenties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 28, there have been 43 Shelby County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 692 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 185 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three 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 284,8031853.9
August 274,7091763.7
August 264,6481713.7
August 254,5971583.4
August 244,5531533.4
August 234,5141503.3
August 224,4571463.3
August 214,3431293.0
August 204,2561232.9
August 194,1991192.8

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