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

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As of August 29, there have been 657 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 6,766 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 5,227 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 170 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 2960,1045,2278.7
August 2859,3875,1588.7
August 2758,4665,1078.7
August 2658,3405,0588.7
August 2557,7905,0108.7
August 2457,1044,9588.7
August 2356,4834,8828.6
August 2255,6464,8148.7
August 2154,7444,7238.6
August 2054,2404,6648.6

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