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371 Peoria County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 16, there have been 371 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 5,587 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 16, there have been 1,890 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Peoria County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1653,0091,8903.6
August 1552,4941,8663.6
August 1451,6791,8073.5
August 1350,7691,7583.5
August 1249,5931,7173.5
August 1148,6931,6673.4
August 1048,1641,6303.4
August 947,5061,6073.4
August 846,5921,5743.4
August 745,6391,5253.3

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