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597 Madison County residents in their twenties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 12, there have been 597 Madison County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 7,460 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 12, there have been 2,777 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 78 deaths from the coronavirus in Madison 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 Madison County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1245,0552,7776.2
August 1144,3812,7026.1
August 1043,7032,6346.0
August 943,5182,5916.0
August 842,6872,5305.9
August 741,9742,4705.9
August 641,3442,4105.8
August 540,3912,3205.7
August 439,6732,2665.7
August 339,0912,2225.7

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