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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

41 Douglas County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 41 Douglas 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 938 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 222 confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus in Douglas 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 Douglas County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 316,1572223.6
August 306,0692173.6
August 295,9542113.5
August 285,9322073.5
August 275,8812023.4
August 265,8121983.4
August 255,7091953.4
August 245,6341893.4
August 235,5511893.4
August 225,2671853.5

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