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74 Wayne County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of October 1, there have been 74 Wayne 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 719 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 1, there have been 310 confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus in Wayne 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 Wayne County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
October 14,1443107.5
September 304,0913007.3
September 294,0512937.2
September 284,0422806.9
September 274,0312806.9
September 263,9242787.1
September 253,9042696.9
September 243,8792646.8
September 233,7992566.7
September 223,7732496.6

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