Quantcast

Metro East Sun

Friday, June 20, 2025

476 St. Clair County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

Webp healthinsurance 760x475

As of August 8, there have been 476 St. Clair 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 4,989 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 8, there have been 3,953 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 161 deaths from the coronavirus in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 846,0393,9538.6
August 745,5023,8978.6
August 644,8253,8458.6
August 543,9723,7538.5
August 443,2243,6968.6
August 342,5123,6558.6
August 241,6473,6108.7
August 140,8923,5698.7
July 3140,2923,5078.7
July 3039,2053,4198.7

MORE NEWS