Peoria Standard

As of September 9, there have been 554 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 8,987 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 9, there have been 2,712 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 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 %
September 9	71,743	2,712	3.8
September 8	71,259	2,659	3.7
September 7	70,869	2,647	3.7
September 6	70,348	2,624	3.7
September 5	69,577	2,581	3.7
September 4	68,673	2,544	3.7
September 3	67,047	2,466	3.7
September 2	66,210	2,441	3.7
September 1	65,622	2,414	3.7
August 31	65,225	2,406	3.7