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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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

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As of August 31, there have been 162 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 2,553 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 974 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 3119,1979745.1
August 3018,7149525.1
August 2917,9639375.2
August 2817,8138845.0
August 2717,5228604.9
August 2617,2368274.8
August 2516,9937984.7
August 2416,9027864.7
August 2316,6987854.7
August 2216,3507594.6

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