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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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

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As of August 31, there have been 12 Edgar 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 228 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 83 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Edgar 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 Edgar County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 312,438833.4
August 302,424833.4
August 292,410813.4
August 282,394793.3
August 272,383773.2
August 262,362753.2
August 252,281602.6
August 242,273612.7
August 232,262572.5
August 222,242572.5

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