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

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As of August 18, there have been 564 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 5,823 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 18, there have been 4,551 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 163 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 1852,6364,5518.6
August 1751,9694,4848.6
August 1651,4474,4258.6
August 1550,4784,3708.7
August 1449,8404,2898.6
August 1349,0574,2158.6
August 1248,2864,1558.6
August 1147,8494,1078.6
August 1047,1064,0288.6
August 946,8634,0068.5

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