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

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As of August 31, there have been 20 Shelby 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 510 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 201 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 314,9902014.0
August 304,9471943.9
August 294,8741923.9
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

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