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579 Winnebago County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 27, there have been 579 Winnebago 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 7,677 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 27, there have been 4,153 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 146 deaths from the coronavirus in Winnebago 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 Winnebago County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 2765,2694,1536.4
August 2664,9414,1166.3
August 2564,2374,0876.4
August 2463,6674,0696.4
August 2363,1794,0486.4
August 2262,5264,0186.4
August 2162,0363,9986.4
August 2061,4863,9816.5
August 1961,0993,9666.5
August 1859,7773,9016.5

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