Peoria Standard

As of May 23, there have been nine Peoria 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 338 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 23, there have been 176 confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven deaths from the coronavirus in Peoria 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
May 23	7,101	176	2.5
May 22	6,834	176	2.6
May 21	6,548	168	2.6
May 20	6,255	167	2.7
May 19	6,062	162	2.7
May 18	5,933	160	2.7
May 17	5,677	159	2.8
May 16	5,460	155	2.8
May 15	5,168	156	3.0
May 14	4,751	151	3.2