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6 Washington County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 18, there have been six Washington 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 145 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 18, there have been 76 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Washington 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 Washington County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 181,799764.2
August 171,772754.2
August 161,759734.2
August 151,738734.2
August 141,717694.0
August 131,679694.1
August 121,665674.0
August 111,653674.1
August 101,628674.1
August 91,616664.1

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