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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

47 Boone County residents in their twenties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 16, there have been 47 Boone County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 241 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 19 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 16, there have been 282 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths from the coronavirus in Boone 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 Boone County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 161,56128218.1
May 151,49727418.3
May 141,43226818.7
May 131,27825319.8
May 121,19824420.4
May 1189720623.0
May 1080719323.9
May 974318524.9
May 870217725.2
May 765916825.5

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