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516 Madison County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 31, there have been 516 Madison 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 5,934 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 4,040 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 98 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 3156,9414,0407.1
August 3056,5183,9827.0
August 2956,0053,9567.1
August 2855,1933,8687.0
August 2754,6383,8187.0
August 2654,2193,7526.9
August 2553,7373,6666.8
August 2453,2343,6066.8
August 2352,8553,5626.7
August 2252,1903,5036.7

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