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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

20 Lawrence County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 20 Lawrence 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 491 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 137 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 313,6111373.8
August 303,5721353.8
August 293,4401113.2
August 283,364962.9
August 273,343932.8
August 263,302892.7
August 253,289892.7
August 243,231872.7
August 233,156812.6
August 223,109802.6

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