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Monday, April 21, 2025

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

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As of October 3, there have been 48 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 952 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 3, there have been 438 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four 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 %
October 37,3304386.0
October 27,2704285.9
October 17,1824155.8
September 307,1134085.7
September 297,0844025.7
September 287,0603945.6
September 277,0163905.6
September 266,9763855.5
September 256,9103725.4
September 246,7913665.4

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