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33 Macoupin County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 17, there have been 33 Macoupin 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 1,131 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 17, there have been 245 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Macoupin 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 Macoupin County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1712,0512452.0
August 1611,7182412.1
August 1511,5512352.0
August 1411,3662222.0
August 1311,1102091.9
August 1210,9302001.8
August 1110,7171821.7
August 1010,6231811.7
August 910,5801791.7
August 810,2941701.7

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